On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 03:00:45 +0900, Richard Kilmer <rich / infoether.com> wrote:
> On 10/6/04 11:42 AM, "Eivind Eklund" <eeklund / gmail.com> wrote:
> > If we can make this possible, it would be great - I think it could
> > help raise adoption of Ruby a lot.  Conversely, if we make this
> > harder, we lower the adoption.
> I think you are ignoring a very important platform...Win32.  Realize that
> Ruby is a very effective language for folks that merely want to automate
> their platform, and most computer users are running Win32 (unfortunate, but
> true).  For them, they want binary versions of libraries and a graphical
> installer.  RubyGems does support win32, and will include a GUI for gems
> management.

...AND, we Win32 users don't want RubyGems (or any other packaging
system) cluttering our normal installer.

-austin
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