Friends- I am almost finished with a custom live cd called Rubuntu ;-) This is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes preloaded with ruby and rails developers in mind. I already have it working with all the basics but I was wondering what extras people would like to see on this distro. What editors with what configurations? What other tools do people really like for rails development on a debian variant? Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have considered already? Other thoughts? Thanks- -Ezra Zygmuntowicz Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster http://yakimaherald.com 509-577-7732 ezra@yakima-herald.com
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:> Friends- > > I am almost finished with a custom live cd called Rubuntu ;-) This > is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes preloaded with ruby and rails > developers in mind. I already have it working with all the basics but > I was wondering what extras people would like to see on this distro. > > What editors with what configurations?vim-ruby, for sure. The emacs types probably have their own recommendation which I''d know nothing about ;)> What other tools do people really like for rails development on a > debian variant?I''m sure you''ve already got svn in there. How about svk? Couldn''t hurt to have other less-popular scm stuff in there too.... arch and darcs come to mind. openvpn might be helpful for some people too, and is pretty small, but also a pretty narrow focus. I know I''d use it ;)> Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have > considered already?I don''t work in the GUI much so I can''t say one way or the other there, but the stuff above is the CLI stuff I use regularly. Sounds cool, I''m downloading the kubuntu livecd right now for something unrelated, would definitely prefer yours :) Ben
+1 on vim-ruby. ez... do you have more hours in the day than I do for some reason ? :D On 2/15/06, Ben Bleything <ben@bleything.net> wrote:> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: > > Friends- > > > > I am almost finished with a custom live cd called Rubuntu ;-) This > > is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes preloaded with ruby and rails > > developers in mind. I already have it working with all the basics but > > I was wondering what extras people would like to see on this distro. > > > > What editors with what configurations? > > vim-ruby, for sure. The emacs types probably have their own > recommendation which I''d know nothing about ;) > > > What other tools do people really like for rails development on a > > debian variant? > > I''m sure you''ve already got svn in there. How about svk? Couldn''t hurt > to have other less-popular scm stuff in there too.... arch and darcs > come to mind. > > openvpn might be helpful for some people too, and is pretty small, but > also a pretty narrow focus. I know I''d use it ;) > > > Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have > > considered already? > > I don''t work in the GUI much so I can''t say one way or the other there, > but the stuff above is the CLI stuff I use regularly. > > Sounds cool, I''m downloading the kubuntu livecd right now for something > unrelated, would definitely prefer yours :) > > Ben > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060216/1827931d/attachment.html
definitely needs radrails -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Ezra, Thanks for this initiative! I think Trac would be a good addition. Hammed On 2/15/06, Anthony Rudgick <arudgick@gmail.com> wrote:> > definitely needs radrails > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060216/435d39e2/attachment.html
* Ezra Zygmuntowicz (ezra@yakima-herald.com) [060215 18:39]:> Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have > considered already?This is very cool! Client libs for various common databases (mysql, postgres, sqlite, oracle [0], etc.)? RDoc if it''s not already on there. Ditto those asking for good vim setups. Just as an aside, would it be possible to make "installers" from these LiveCDs? We''ve been considering making a very similar thing for our application, basically, a LiveCD which is good for demoing and documentation purposes, but which could also grow into the primary installer for our application. That''s a blue sky sort of thing for us, but it would help us get in the habit of installing the software regular on clean hardware so we don''t forget any of the dependencies -- software that''s never installed outside the dev & production environments usually ends up with undocumented dependencies that are a PITA to shake loose later. Actually, probably just as convenient would be keeping the tools (with docs) to build the LiveCD up to date and available in the same place the LiveCD lives so that people wanting to customize could do so fairly readily. Just thinking out loud -- anything you do is fine with me. I''m glad to see someone taking this on. Bravo! [0] OK, maybe not as that would probably be hard to distribute, but I wish, since we have to deal with Oracle. Rick -- http://www.rickbradley.com MUPRN: 465 | that big a pile random email haiku | of chips to play in the old | Christmas Casino.
Lighttpd and possibly switchtower.
+1 radrails +1 lighttpd +1 openvpn +1 svn remote desktop would be a plus, as well as the cisco vpn. A pdf reader of somekind. That would be one awesome LiveCD !! I''m sure it will be welcome with whatever you decide to put on it. -Larry On 2/15/06, Michael Trier <mtrier@gmail.com> wrote:> > Lighttpd and possibly switchtower. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Best Regards, -Larry "Work, work, work...there is no satisfactory alternative." --- E.Taft Benson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060216/1fa68bd0/attachment.html
+1 Anthony Rudgick wrote:> definitely needs radrails >
OK great suggestions, keep em coming. This is basically the full ubuntu livecd with everything for rails pre installed. So it will have much of what you already asked for already. But here is a small list of some of what is already planned: ruby1.8.4 gems rails switchtower mysql/ruby bindings postgresql/ruby bindings imagemagick/rmagick apache/fcgi/scgi lighttpd/fcgi mongrel subversion vim/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and suggestions) emacs/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and suggestions) RadRails daemontools daedalus other random good stuff Please ad to the list within reason and remember you can always install anything else you need pretty easily. There will also eventually be an easy way to install the whole shebang to your hard drive when you decide to keep it. -Ezra Zygmuntowicz WebMaster Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper ezra@yakima-herald.com 509-577-7732
pdf/writer is very handy; I''d like to see that on there. How about a snapshot of the rubyonrails.org wiki, for reference purposes? It would be very handy to be able to boot from this CD, then have it automount a USB key (e.g. if USB key found, mount it under /home/default_user/rails_apps) and run one or more apps off that - without installing anything. You''d probably be limited to Sqlte as the database on the USB key, for the sake of space. You could then have a group of the common plugins and engines (e.g. login_user, user_engine, scaffolding_extensions, bundled_resources, etc.) that a user could selectively copy to their USB key. OK, possibly getting over the top, but I could see such a setup being ideal for software demos, or remote development. Check out a copy of your app onto your USB key, take it somewhere, work on or demo it under Rubuntu, then check it back in again... Great idea Regards Dave M. On 16/02/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@yakimaherald.com> wrote:> > OK great suggestions, keep em coming. This is basically the full > ubuntu livecd with everything for rails pre installed. So it will > have much of what you already asked for already. But here is a small > list of some of what is already planned: > > ruby1.8.4 > gems > rails > switchtower > mysql/ruby bindings > postgresql/ruby bindings > imagemagick/rmagick > apache/fcgi/scgi > lighttpd/fcgi > mongrel > subversion > vim/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and > suggestions) > emacs/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and > suggestions) > RadRails > daemontools > daedalus > other random good stuff > > Please ad to the list within reason and remember you can always > install anything else you need pretty easily. There will also > eventually be an easy way to install the whole shebang to your hard > drive when you decide to keep it. > > -Ezra Zygmuntowicz > WebMaster > Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper > ezra@yakima-herald.com > 509-577-7732 > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Am Mittwoch, den 15.02.2006, 22:53 -0800 schrieb Ezra Zygmuntowicz:> OK great suggestions, keep em coming. This is basically the full > ubuntu livecd with everything for rails pre installed. So it will > have much of what you already asked for already. But here is a small > list of some of what is already planned: > > ruby1.8.4 > gems > rails > switchtower > mysql/ruby bindings > postgresql/ruby bindings > imagemagick/rmagick > apache/fcgi/scgi > lighttpd/fcgi > mongrel > subversion > vim/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and > suggestions) > emacs/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and > suggestions) > RadRails > daemontools > daedalus > other random good stuff > > Please ad to the list within reason and remember you can always > install anything else you need pretty easily. There will also > eventually be an easy way to install the whole shebang to your hard > drive when you decide to keep it.I would suggest JEdit with preinstalled ruby plugin and extended ruby.xml mode file. -- Norman Timmler http://blog.inlet-media.de
On 2/16/06, Norman Timmler <lists@inlet-media.de> wrote:> Am Mittwoch, den 15.02.2006, 22:53 -0800 schrieb Ezra Zygmuntowicz: > > OK great suggestions, keep em coming. This is basically the full > > ubuntu livecd with everything for rails pre installed. So it will > > have much of what you already asked for already. But here is a small > > list of some of what is already planned: > > > > ruby1.8.4 > > gems > > rails > > switchtower > > mysql/ruby bindings > > postgresql/ruby bindings > > imagemagick/rmagick > > apache/fcgi/scgi > > lighttpd/fcgi > > mongrel > > subversion > > vim/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and > > suggestions) > > emacs/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and > > suggestions) > > RadRails > > daemontools > > daedalus > > other random good stuff > > > > Please ad to the list within reason and remember you can always > > install anything else you need pretty easily. There will also > > eventually be an easy way to install the whole shebang to your hard > > drive when you decide to keep it. > > I would suggest JEdit with preinstalled ruby plugin and extended > ruby.xml mode file. > > -- > Norman Timmler > > http://blog.inlet-media.de > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >Not really "required", but firefox 1.5 with the devboi offline rails extension installed would be nice. Also, a +1 for RadRails. - Rob -- http://www.robsanheim.com/ - blog on development, TDD, Java, Ruby, and agility http://www.ajaxian.com/ - the net''s best Ajax blog
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On 15/02/06 15:32 -0800, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:> What other tools do people really like for rails development on a > debian variant? >> Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have > considered already? >Wow, what a great idea! I find myself constantly using gnu screen to switch back and forth between the log, webrick, and vim when I''m coding. If you''re using a terminal to code then screen is priceless. Also, I find myself using database tools such as mysql-query browser and pgadmin3 quite often. Regards, Jason
On Feb 15, 2006, at 11:49 PM, David Mitchell wrote:> pdf/writer is very handy; I''d like to see that on there. > > How about a snapshot of the rubyonrails.org wiki, for reference > purposes? > > It would be very handy to be able to boot from this CD, then have it > automount a USB key (e.g. if USB key found, mount it under > /home/default_user/rails_apps) and run one or more apps off that - > without installing anything. You''d probably be limited to Sqlte as > the database on the USB key, for the sake of space. >Yes I believe that functionality already exists in the ubuntu live cd''s. You can use a usb thumb drive with a virtual filesystem on it that grafts new stuff you install into the environment. So extras you install should be seamlessly integrated into the system when you boot up and load your thumb drive. -Ezra> You could then have a group of the common plugins and engines (e.g. > login_user, user_engine, > scaffolding_extensions, bundled_resources, etc.) that a user could > selectively copy to their USB key. > > OK, possibly getting over the top, but I could see such a setup being > ideal for software demos, or remote development. Check out a copy of > your app onto your USB key, take it somewhere, work on or demo it > under Rubuntu, then check it back in again... > > Great idea > > Regards > > Dave M. > > On 16/02/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@yakimaherald.com> wrote: >> >> OK great suggestions, keep em coming. This is basically the full >> ubuntu livecd with everything for rails pre installed. So it will >> have much of what you already asked for already. But here is a small >> list of some of what is already planned: >> >> ruby1.8.4 >> gems >> rails >> switchtower >> mysql/ruby bindings >> postgresql/ruby bindings >> imagemagick/rmagick >> apache/fcgi/scgi >> lighttpd/fcgi >> mongrel >> subversion >> vim/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and >> suggestions) >> emacs/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and >> suggestions) >> RadRails >> daemontools >> daedalus >> other random good stuff >> >> Please ad to the list within reason and remember you can always >> install anything else you need pretty easily. There will also >> eventually be an easy way to install the whole shebang to your hard >> drive when you decide to keep it. >> >> -Ezra Zygmuntowicz >> WebMaster >> Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper >> ezra@yakima-herald.com >> 509-577-7732 >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-Ezra Zygmuntowicz WebMaster Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper ezra@yakima-herald.com 509-577-7732
+1 firefox, svn, vim> ez... do you have more hours in the day than I do for some reason ?+1 bafflement at 25-hour days
On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:25 AM, Giles Bowkett wrote:> +1 firefox, svn, vim > >> ez... do you have more hours in the day than I do for some reason ? > > +1 bafflement at 25-hour days25 hour days? You, Giles, must be nearly as productive as Ezra! I''m working about 18 hours/day, and Ezra appears to be getting 2-3x as much productivity as I am! -- -- Tom Mornini
On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Tom Mornini wrote:> On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:25 AM, Giles Bowkett wrote: > >> +1 firefox, svn, vim >> >>> ez... do you have more hours in the day than I do for some reason ? >> >> +1 bafflement at 25-hour days > > 25 hour days? > > You, Giles, must be nearly as productive as Ezra! > > I''m working about 18 hours/day, and Ezra appears to be getting 2-3x > as much productivity as I am! > > -- > > -- Tom Mornini >Obviously you folks haven''t tried my latest plugin. It actually serializes my brain into a mem-cached neural network that does rails and ruby programming while I sleep ;-) I just need to remember to clear my sessions every morning or I can''t see anything because I get the blank screen error. !(Kidding) -Ezra Zygmuntowicz Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster http://yakimaherald.com 509-577-7732 ezra@yakima-herald.com
> > +1 bafflement at 25-hour days > > 25 hour days? > > You, Giles, must be nearly as productive as Ezra!I wish!> I''m working about 18 hours/day, and Ezra appears to be getting 2-3x > as much productivity as I am!http://www.energizer.com/images/bunny/BnyBigBunny_img.jpg -- Giles Goat Boy http://gilesmakesmusic.blogspot.com http://gileswritescode.blogspot.com
<barry suits up in armor> I find it valuable to use phpMyAdmin during development. Obviously this requires php and appropriate server hooks. Possibly it could be preconfigured on a separate port. If there were even a minimally functional rails substitute, I would be all for it. Ezra, possibly you can work on that from hours 32-37 each day. ;-) On 2/15/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@yakimaherald.com> wrote:> > OK great suggestions, keep em coming. This is basically the full > ubuntu livecd with everything for rails pre installed. So it will > have much of what you already asked for already. But here is a small > list of some of what is already planned: > > ruby1.8.4 > gems > rails > switchtower > mysql/ruby bindings > postgresql/ruby bindings > imagemagick/rmagick > apache/fcgi/scgi > lighttpd/fcgi > mongrel > subversion > vim/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and > suggestions) > emacs/setup slick(can use help with this, please send configs and > suggestions) > RadRails > daemontools > daedalus > other random good stuff > > Please ad to the list within reason and remember you can always > install anything else you need pretty easily. There will also > eventually be an easy way to install the whole shebang to your hard > drive when you decide to keep it. > > -Ezra Zygmuntowicz > WebMaster > Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper > ezra@yakima-herald.com > 509-577-7732 > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Ok I am making progress with Rubuntu! I hope to have my build system set up this weekend. What I really need is a bit of help. If you have an app or something you would like included I need good config files and set ups. Right now i mainly need a sweet vim/vim ruby setup and the same for emacs and jedit. I have most other stuff configured. But if I can get some help with these editor setups then I would much appreciate it. My goal with this is to get an automated buidl system set up so it tracks the latest changes to ubuntu and anything installed so i can remaster when something gets upgraded. And I can also add packages or software at any time and remaster. I want to get this into superb shape by railsconf and take some donations so I can print up 550 of these so everyone at railsconf gets a copy with a nice label and all that. So, config files people! Send me your killer vim setup or your killer emacs set up or your killer *foo* setup and i will try to include it. the more help i get the better this will be! Thanks- -Ezra Zygmuntowicz Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster http://yakimaherald.com 509-577-7732 ezra@yakima-herald.com
+1 Screen. Also ratPoison, which is similar. Squid, if it''s not already there, to see what''s REALLY on the wire. On 2/16/06, Jason Stewart <jstewart@rtl.org> wrote:> On 15/02/06 15:32 -0800, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: > > What other tools do people really like for rails development on a > > debian variant? > > > > > Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have > > considered already? > > > > Wow, what a great idea! > > I find myself constantly using gnu screen to switch back and forth > between the log, webrick, and vim when I''m coding. If you''re using a > terminal to code then screen is priceless. > > Also, I find myself using database tools such as mysql-query browser > and pgadmin3 quite often. > > Regards, > Jason > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- "For a new software system, the requirements will not be completely known until after the users have used it." Humphrey''s Requirements Uncertainty Principle.
On Feb 16, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Bothari wrote:> Squid, if it''s not already there, to see what''s REALLY on the wire.Wouldn''t Ethereal fit the description better? -- -- Tom Mornini
On Thursday 16 February 2006 13:28, Tom Mornini wrote:> On Feb 16, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Bothari wrote: > > Squid, if it''s not already there, to see what''s REALLY on the wire. > > Wouldn''t Ethereal fit the description better?as stated, sure, but that''s a little more low level than you really need for HTTP inspection, imo ;) then of course, there''s the beautiful firefox plugin: tamperdata http://tamperdata.mozdev.org/ -Jeremy -- Jeremy Kitchen ++ kitchen@scriptkitchen.com In the beginning was The Word and The Word was Content-type: text/plain -- The Word of Bob. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060216/cb353165/attachment.bin
Jeremy Kitchen wrote:> then of course, there''s the beautiful firefox plugin: tamperdata > http://tamperdata.mozdev.org/Hmm, I''ve used the Live HTTP Headers firefox extension, but that''s all static viewing of the http conversation.... this is really cool! I can edit the params... heh, heh, heh.... </evil cackle> b
I was just thinking it would be pretty neat to have a VMWare VMTN community virtual machine with a complete ruby on rails environment. With the free VMWare Player it would be a very cool demo and development tool. http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/community.html Andrew On 2/15/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@yakima-herald.com> wrote:> > Friends- > > I am almost finished with a custom live cd called Rubuntu ;-) This > is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes preloaded with ruby and rails > developers in mind. I already have it working with all the basics but > I was wondering what extras people would like to see on this distro. > > What editors with what configurations? > > What other tools do people really like for rails development on a > debian variant? > > Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have > considered already? > > Other thoughts? > > Thanks- > -Ezra Zygmuntowicz > Yakima Herald-Republic > WebMaster > http://yakimaherald.com > 509-577-7732 > ezra@yakima-herald.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- ---------------------------------------------------- Gmail - Hits the spot! :-) GPG Key ID: 1024D/F18A34B9 2005-08-27 Andrew VanSpronsen (E-mail key) < avanspronsen@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060216/b3ffaa7c/attachment.html
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:> Friends- > > I am almost finished with a custom live cd called Rubuntu ;-) This > is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes preloaded with ruby and rails > developers in mind. I already have it working with all the basics but I > was wondering what extras people would like to see on this distro. > > What editors with what configurations? > > What other tools do people really like for rails development on a > debian variant? > > Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have considered > already? > > Other thoughts?Are the additional tools you''re installing that are not supplied by Ubuntu installed with a .deb or just extracted installs. It would be nice to have .debs for them to make upgrading easier. You may want to check out the Ubuntu rubygems package I use, which is at http://www.orcaware.com/packages/ubuntu/breezy/libgems-ruby1.8/ This is a nice deb that installs all the gems into /var/lib/gems. When you do a ''dpkg --purge'' it removes that directory, and hence all the gems. It''s much nicer than installing all of the gems into /usr/lib/ruby which then are not managed by a .deb. Regards, Blair -- Blair Zajac, Ph.D. <blair@orcaware.com> Subversion training, consulting and support http://www.orcaware.com/svn/
And the saga begins: http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/02/16/rubuntu-is-almost-born ;-) -Ezra Zygmuntowicz Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster http://yakimaherald.com 509-577-7732 ezra@yakima-herald.com
Tom Mornini wrote:> On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:25 AM, Giles Bowkett wrote: > >> +1 firefox, svn, vim >> >>> ez... do you have more hours in the day than I do for some reason ? >> >> >> +1 bafflement at 25-hour days > > > 25 hour days? > > You, Giles, must be nearly as productive as Ezra! > > I''m working about 18 hours/day, and Ezra appears to be getting 2-3x > as much productivity as I am! >I for one would very much like to see this, would you consider setting up a email notification on how you are going. Maybe I can help with some testing. Regards Neil.
On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Blair Zajac wrote:> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: >> Friends- >> I am almost finished with a custom live cd called Rubuntu ;-) >> This is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes preloaded with ruby >> and rails developers in mind. I already have it working with all >> the basics but I was wondering what extras people would like to >> see on this distro. >> What editors with what configurations? >> What other tools do people really like for rails development on a >> debian variant? >> Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have >> considered already? >> Other thoughts? > > Are the additional tools you''re installing that are not supplied by > Ubuntu installed with a .deb or just extracted installs. It would > be nice to have .debs for them to make upgrading easier. > > You may want to check out the Ubuntu rubygems package I use, which > is at > > http://www.orcaware.com/packages/ubuntu/breezy/libgems-ruby1.8/ > > This is a nice deb that installs all the gems into /var/lib/gems. > When you do a ''dpkg --purge'' it removes that directory, and hence > all the gems. It''s much nicer than installing all of the gems > into /usr/lib/ruby which then are not managed by a .deb. > > Regards, > Blair > > -- > > Blair Zajac, Ph.D. > <blair@orcaware.com> >Blair- I will be installing as much as possible with .deb packages. I use that rubygems.deb and its a good one. The one thing I might install from source is ruby itself. i don''t like ubuntu''s split up ruby and I want to have 1.8.4 on this cd so we can run mongrel. So i will build ruby from source but I will use checkinstall to build a .deb so you can remove it or do what you want with it later. In the process of building this livecd, I am mainly working on a way to automate the build process so i can easily install or upgrade new packages and remaster a new cd image when its needed. And if you choose to install to your DH then you can of course do with it as you will at that point. Cheers- -Ezra Zygmuntowicz Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster http://yakimaherald.com 509-577-7732 ezra@yakima-herald.com
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:> And the saga begins: > > http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/02/16/rubuntu-is-almost-bornQuick question: You say ''gems'', but which ones? All of them? :-) -- Alex
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:> > On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Blair Zajac wrote: > >> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: >>> Friends- >>> I am almost finished with a custom live cd called Rubuntu ;-) >>> This is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes preloaded with ruby and >>> rails developers in mind. I already have it working with all the >>> basics but I was wondering what extras people would like to see on >>> this distro. >>> What editors with what configurations? >>> What other tools do people really like for rails development on a >>> debian variant? >>> Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have >>> considered already? >>> Other thoughts? >> >> Are the additional tools you''re installing that are not supplied by >> Ubuntu installed with a .deb or just extracted installs. It would be >> nice to have .debs for them to make upgrading easier. >> >> You may want to check out the Ubuntu rubygems package I use, which is at >> >> http://www.orcaware.com/packages/ubuntu/breezy/libgems-ruby1.8/ >> >> This is a nice deb that installs all the gems into /var/lib/gems. >> When you do a ''dpkg --purge'' it removes that directory, and hence all >> the gems. It''s much nicer than installing all of the gems into >> /usr/lib/ruby which then are not managed by a .deb. >> >> Regards, >> Blair >> >> -- >> Blair Zajac, Ph.D. >> <blair@orcaware.com> >> > > Blair- > > I will be installing as much as possible with .deb packages. I use > that rubygems.deb and its a good one. The one thing I might install from > source is ruby itself. i don''t like ubuntu''s split up ruby and I want to > have 1.8.4 on this cd so we can run mongrel. So i will build ruby from > source but I will use checkinstall to build a .deb so you can remove it > or do what you want with it later.I see my question in the other thread is answered... There are a couple of *really* handy gems not included in that deb... Are you up for suggestions for them as well, or is that set in stone? -- Alex
On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:38 PM, Alex Young wrote:> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: >> And the saga begins: >> http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/02/16/rubuntu-is-almost-born > > Quick question: You say ''gems'', but which ones? All of them? :-) > > -- > > Alex > ______________________________________________Not quite all of them ;-) Although maybe there could be an extended liveDVD later. But i will include a bunch of usefull ones and you can always gem install whatever you need. the livecd system has the ability to let you use an usb thumb drive for your home directory so you can install extras and keep them around between reboots and different computers. -Ezra Zygmuntowicz Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster http://yakimaherald.com 509-577-7732 ezra@yakima-herald.com
On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Alex Young wrote:> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: >> On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Blair Zajac wrote: >>> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: >>>> Friends- >>>> I am almost finished with a custom live cd called >>>> Rubuntu ;-) This is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes >>>> preloaded with ruby and rails developers in mind. I already >>>> have it working with all the basics but I was wondering what >>>> extras people would like to see on this distro. >>>> What editors with what configurations? >>>> What other tools do people really like for rails development on >>>> a debian variant? >>>> Anything at all you would like to see that I might not have >>>> considered already? >>>> Other thoughts? >>> >>> Are the additional tools you''re installing that are not supplied >>> by Ubuntu installed with a .deb or just extracted installs. It >>> would be nice to have .debs for them to make upgrading easier. >>> >>> You may want to check out the Ubuntu rubygems package I use, >>> which is at >>> >>> http://www.orcaware.com/packages/ubuntu/breezy/libgems-ruby1.8/ >>> >>> This is a nice deb that installs all the gems into /var/lib/ >>> gems. When you do a ''dpkg --purge'' it removes that directory, >>> and hence all the gems. It''s much nicer than installing all of >>> the gems into /usr/lib/ruby which then are not managed by a .deb. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Blair >>> >>> -- >>> Blair Zajac, Ph.D. >>> <blair@orcaware.com> >>> >> Blair- >> I will be installing as much as possible with .deb packages. I >> use that rubygems.deb and its a good one. The one thing I might >> install from source is ruby itself. i don''t like ubuntu''s split up >> ruby and I want to have 1.8.4 on this cd so we can run mongrel. So >> i will build ruby from source but I will use checkinstall to build >> a .deb so you can remove it or do what you want with it later. > I see my question in the other thread is answered... There are a > couple of *really* handy gems not included in that deb... Are you > up for suggestions for them as well, or is that set in stone? > > -- > > AlexNothing is set in stone yet at all. Suggest your little heart out! -Ezra Zygmuntowicz Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster http://yakimaherald.com 509-577-7732 ezra@yakima-herald.com
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:> > Nothing is set in stone yet at all. Suggest your little heart out!Righto: rio pdf-writer gruff ferret mechanize rfuse (mainly just for showing off :-) A working GL binding would be great for visualisations, too... I''m sure there are others out there, but those are the first that spring to mind. -- Alex