Rails core - Jun 2008 - Rake tasks and generators from vendorized gems (aka gem-plugins)

When moving plugins over to gem-plugins or when creating new gem-
plugins a difficulty I found in embracing this new approach was not
being able to easily add generators and rake tasks that can be
available in a project''s scope.
So I''ve proposed a patch on Lighthouse to handle this:
http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/441

Generators are searched for in the gems "rails/generators" directory.
Rake tasks are searched for in the gems "rails/tasks" directory.

I also have this as a branch on github:
http://github.com/brianjlandau/rails/commits/add_more_vendor_gem_support

I''m seeking feedback: comments, +1''s, discussion, whatever.

Thanks,
Brian


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Count me in. Recently I submitted two patches in the same area:

http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/515-make-plugin-generator-create-rails-init-rb#ticket-515-1
http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/272-make-plugins-also-initialize-form-rails-init-rb#ticket-272-1

Also looking for discussion and plus-ones.

Cheers,

Jacek

On Jun 18, 12:09 am, Brian Landau <brianjlan...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> When movingpluginsover togem-pluginsor when creating newgem-pluginsa
difficulty I found in embracing this new approach was not
> being able to easily addgeneratorsand raketasksthat can be
> available in a project''s scope.
> So I''ve proposed a patch on Lighthouse to handle
this:http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/441
>
> Generatorsare searched for in the gems "rails/generators"
directory.
> Raketasksare searched for in the gems "rails/tasks" directory.
>
> I also have this as a branch on
github:http://github.com/brianjlandau/rails/commits/add_more_vendor_gem_support
>
> I''m seeking feedback: comments, +1''s, discussion,
whatever.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
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Also see this related ticket on loading rake tasks for gems:

http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/59

As I posted there, I would like to see gems behave the same way
whether they are frozen into the vendor directory or not. Having
specific rails/tasks and rails/generators directories which only get
loaded for vendored gems would require me to freeze a gem in order to
get the functionality. I would prefer the gem does not require this.

For generators, gems already have the rails_generators directory they
can use. For rake tasks, I would recommend the user adds a
''require''
statement to their Rakefile to include them.

Currently, I don''t think the rails_generators directory is searched
for frozen gems, so that part of the patch I like.

Regards,

Ryan


On Jun 30, 11:27 pm, Jacek Becela <jacek.bec...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Count me in. Recently I submitted two patches in the same area:
>
>
http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/515-make-plugin-...http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/272-make-plugins...
>
> Also looking for discussion and plus-ones.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jacek
>
> On Jun 18, 12:09 am, Brian Landau <brianjlan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When movingpluginsover togem-pluginsor when creating newgem-pluginsa
difficulty I found in embracing this new approach was not
> > being able to easily addgeneratorsand raketasksthat can be
> > available in a project''s scope.
> > So I''ve proposed a patch on Lighthouse to handle
this:http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/441
>
> > Generatorsare searched for in the gems "rails/generators"
directory.
> > Raketasksare searched for in the gems "rails/tasks"
directory.
>
> > I also have this as a branch on
github:http://github.com/brianjlandau/rails/commits/add_more_vendor_gem_support
>
> > I''m seeking feedback: comments, +1''s, discussion,
whatever.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
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