From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-ASN: AS14383 205.234.109.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,HK_RANDOM_FROM, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER shortcircuit=no autolearn=no version=3.3.2 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Wong Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.ruby.rainbows.general Subject: TAN: why Bundler? (was: Re: problem with rainbows 3.2.0 and rbx) Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:51:24 -0700 Message-ID: <20110430175124.GA3040@dcvr.yhbt.net> References: <20110427175523.GA31654@dcvr.yhbt.net> <20110430011926.GA15387@dcvr.yhbt.net> <20110430171428.GB29282@dcvr.yhbt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1304187965 3488 80.91.229.12 (30 Apr 2011 18:26:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:26:05 +0000 (UTC) To: Rainbows! list Original-X-From: rainbows-talk-bounces-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org Sat Apr 30 20:26:00 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gclrrg-rainbows-talk@m.gmane.org X-Original-To: rainbows-talk-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org Delivered-To: rainbows-talk-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110430171428.GB29282-yBiyF41qdooeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: rainbows-talk-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: rainbows-talk-bounces-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org Errors-To: rainbows-talk-bounces-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.lang.ruby.rainbows.general:237 Archived-At: Received: from rubyforge.org ([205.234.109.19]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QGEre-0006DG-NN for gclrrg-rainbows-talk@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:25:58 +0200 Received: from rubyforge.org (rubyforge.org [127.0.0.1]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE0718583C6; Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:25:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dcvr.yhbt.net (dcvr.yhbt.net [64.71.152.64]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46A2018583B4 for ; Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:51:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.2.5]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D631F6AE; Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:51:31 +0000 (UTC) Eric Wong wrote: > 2) your app uses Bundler? Old idea, but I'm not sure why more webapps aren't just distributed as gems themselves. Or even something like this which just declares dependencies: ----------------- gemspec_sandbox_demo.gemspec -------------------- Gem::Specification.new do |s| s.name = %q{gemspec_sandbox_demo} s.version = '1' s.author = "J. Random Hacker" s.homepage = "http://example.com/" s.email = "root-hcDgGtZH8xNBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org" s.summary = "no need to use sandboxing tools" s.description = <, "~> 0.3") s.add_dependency(%q, "~> 3.22") s.add_dependency(%q, "~> 1.0") end ------------------------------------------------------------------- And then just `gem build foo.gemspec && gem install ./foo-1.gem` in the deploy. ...But many years ago I gave up and just decided packaging/dependency/deployment problems are just unsolvable because there's always (at least) one special case in *every* case that $TOOL doesn't/can't solve :< -- Eric Wong _______________________________________________ Rainbows! mailing list - rainbows-talk-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rainbows-talk Do not quote signatures (like this one) or top post when replying