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Re: Ruby for cygwin [was Re: Concurrent versions of cygwin1.dll on on e system]


On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 08:36:42AM -0700, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
>--- Keen Wayne A Contr AFRL/MNGG <keenwa@eglin.af.mil> wrote:
>> I can tell you that Ruby builds right out of the box.  Simple
>> 
>> ./configure
>> make
>> make install
>> 
>> does the trick.  It MUST be the ultimate in easy, as *I* can do it.  
>> (Now they will go and change something just to make me look
>> dumber than I already do)
>> 
>
>My point was that someone who uses Ruby should politely ask the author to
>submit his package for inclusion in the Cygwin distribution.  This will
>save headaches for users in the future if they get their dll from one
>source.  Besides, I've been wanting to check out Ruby at some point...  Oh
>well, I guess we'll see...

I agree 100% that it would be nice not to have Ruby marching to the beat of
a different drummer.

Anyone interested in sending a polite note?  Is anyone already involved in
Ruby development, maybe?

cgf

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