On Mar 18, 11:47 ¨Βν¬ ΜυγαΞυσσβαυν Όμυ®®®ΐμυγασξυσσβαυν®ξετΎ χςοτεΊ > [...] > Instead, we should try to > develop a set of good practices that make it easier to convert a ruby > library into a "normal" Deb or RPM package. Much progress has already > been done lately, and the last libraries I've packaged didn't use > "require 'rubygems'" except in the test suite, so they did not require > any patching. [...] Perhaps talking to the gemcutter people (http://rubygems.org/) to bottleneck the Deb/RPM packaging needs would be productive? That's supposed to be the source for gems now, so building in a hook that does all the necessary tweaks for *nix packaging would tie Windows, Mac OS, gems and Deb/RPM together at the source. Just a thought from my tired ol' mind. http://www.rubyinside.com/gemcutter-a-fast-and-easy-approach-to-ruby-gem-hosting-2281.html http://www.rubyinside.com/gemcutter-is-the-new-official-default-rubygem-host-2659.html