Re: plugin dependencies

Gabe da Silveira
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:40:46 -0000

On 9/19/07, Pascal Belloncle <psq@nanorails.com>
wrote:
>
>
> I like the approach, a lot.  But (isn''t there always a but...),
isn''t
> this going to be a problem for people using shared hosting, or people
> that just can''t install gems?  Unless there is an easy way to
locally
> install gems...
>

On any decent shared host you can install your own gems.  If you can''t
then
you will be in for a world of hurt anyway, and frankly, the world of shared
Rails hosting is too low of a common denominator too target.  There are too
many issues with memory and stability as it is, so I say we make Rails do
the best thing it can assuming a VPS or dedicated box, and then let the
shared hosts figure out how to make it work for $5/month.

Putting Rails'' weight behind the gem system seems like a win-win to me.