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libgems-ruby package

  1. Bug #244742
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 244742

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Bryan McLellan (btm) wrote : Re: [Bug 244742] Re: ruby1.8-dev should be recommended, not suggested

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Wesley<email address hidden> wrote:
> I want to second the idea of -dev package as a dependency for libgems
> (or gems) package. I needed to install a gem and I got errors, which
> started with mkmf.

Not all gems require a development environment to install, so I
disagree with any development packages being a dependency. That some
gems require a development environment to install is, in my opinion, a
flaw with the gem model. Those gems that are ultimately necessary
should be natively packaged.

The argument over if ruby1.8-dev should be 'suggests' or 'recommends'
is still open upstream.