Re: plugin dependencies

Pascal Belloncle
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:36:01 -0000

On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Josh Susser wrote:

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> On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:40 PM, Gabe da Silveira wrote:
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>> On 9/19/07, Pascal Belloncle <psq@nanorails.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>
> You can also freeze gems into the vendor directory. Now what''s the
> downside compared to plugins in vendor?
Should have thought of that.  I suppose that would be workable.  I''m
sure someone could even come up with a script that downloads a gem
and installs it directly into vendor.

That takes care of my concern :)

Cheers,
Pascal.
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