Re: [PATCH] build: ruby: Rewrite build system to use gem archives.

[Thompson, David]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
> "Thompson, David" <address@hidden> skribis
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>> I would like to apply the below patch ASAP and get to work on 'guix
>> import gem' if there are no objections.
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> No objections here.
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>> From ee027442dd968734831eb372fcf502dcfaad7623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: David Thompson <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 22:01:54 -0400
>> Subject: [PATCH] build: ruby: Rewrite build system to use gem archives.
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>> Co-Authored-By: Pjotr Prins <address@hidden>
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>> * guix/build-system/ruby.scm (lower): Remove git dependency.
>>   (rubygems-uri): New procedure.
>> * guix/build/ruby-build-system (gitify, build): Delete.
>>   (unpack): Use 'gem unpack' utility.
>>   (check): Add docstring.
>>   (install): Rebuild unpacked gem and install it.
>>   (%standard-phases): Remove gitify and build phases.
>> * gnu/packages/ruby.scm (ruby-hoe, ruby-rake-compiler, ruby-i18n,
>>   ruby-rspec-support, ruby-rspec-core, ruby-diff-lcs-for-rspec,
>>   ruby-rspec-expectations, ruby-rspec-mocks, ruby-rspec, bundler,
>>   ruby-useragent, ruby-bacon, ruby-arel, ruby-connection-pool,
>>   ruby-net-http-persistent, ruby-minitest, ruby-minitest-sprint,
>>   ruby-minitest-bacon, ruby-daemons, ruby-git, ruby-slop,
>>   ruby-multipart-post): Convert to new build system.
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> Does guix.texi need an update?

I added a paragraph about the requiring a gem archive in the source
field and pushed.

Thanks!

- Dave