On Friday, 13 December 2002 at  5:56:15 +0900, Matt Armstrong wrote:
> ptkwt / shell1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) writes:
> 
> > By proposing this as an RCR I am implying that package creation and
> > installation methods should be an integral part of Ruby, not a
> > peripheral issue.
> 
> I think it is pretty clear that any packaging system would be made
> more convenient to use when bundled with the standard ruby
> distribution.
> 
> There are a number of Ruby packaging systems being developed and
> hopefully one will eventually "win."  When/if that happens I'd be
> happy if it were made part of Ruby's standard distribution.  Until
> then it seems premature.  E.g. whatever comes standard with Ruby
> should probably work seamlessly with RAA.succ, but that isn't done
> itself.
 
 True, but I think the install package can be used now.
 It will not be a great effort to get the install to work
 with RAA.succ (when it becomes available), but until then,
 everyone who will ever install a package could benefit.
 Besides, it may be some time before we see RAA.succ.

-- 
Jim Freeze
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