Rails - Jun 2006 - rubygems support for rails plugins (patch)

Rails committers, (feedback from others welcome)

Would you accept a patch--in principle, obviously the implementation
matters--that would:

1. allow Rails to load a plugin from gem
2. permit the plugin script to install them
3. give the plugin generator''s default Rake file the ability to
package and publish a gem
4. introduce freeze/unfreeze for plugins

Why?

- RubyGems''s handling of dependencies and updates is mature.
- When I am writing my own plugin I want the source in my project, but
when I am using other people''s code I want to express that as an
application dependency.
- Some Rails plugins have a life outside of Rails, e.g. models that
get used by non Rails apps.

Thanks,
--
John-Mason Shackelford

Software Developer
Pearson Educational Measurement

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