Comments on: Announcing install_gems.rb http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/10/13/announcing-install_gemsrb/ me = entrepreneur + hacker; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carl Mercier http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/10/13/announcing-install_gemsrb/comment-page-1/#comment-13388 Carl Mercier Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:12:45 +0000 http://blog.carlmercier.com/?p=154#comment-13388 We basically used this solution before the Merb bundler was available. We'll eventually move to the built in solution I guess, but this solution is still pretty decent imo. Hasn't failed on us yet! We basically used this solution before the Merb bundler was available. We’ll eventually move to the built in solution I guess, but this solution is still pretty decent imo. Hasn’t failed on us yet!

]]> By: Matt Aimonetti http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/10/13/announcing-install_gemsrb/comment-page-1/#comment-13387 Matt Aimonetti Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:30:21 +0000 http://blog.carlmercier.com/?p=154#comment-13387 To avoid redeploying all your gems every time you deploy, add a new task in your cap recipe to create a symlink between your shared folder /gems/gems/ and your current app gems/gems. The redeployment task (thor merb:gem:redeploy) will only take care of the newly bundled gems and you not rebuild already available gems. I'll release my capistrano's recipe in the next few days to show what I mean. - Matt To avoid redeploying all your gems every time you deploy, add a new task in your cap recipe to create a symlink between your shared folder /gems/gems/ and your current app gems/gems.

The redeployment task (thor merb:gem:redeploy) will only take care of the newly bundled gems and you not rebuild already available gems.

I’ll release my capistrano’s recipe in the next few days to show what I mean.

- Matt

]]> By: Carl Mercier http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/10/13/announcing-install_gemsrb/comment-page-1/#comment-13156 Carl Mercier Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://blog.carlmercier.com/?p=154#comment-13156 I wasn't aware of geminstaller. Thanks for the tip! I think I still prefer the simplicity of my script though. It does one thing and does it well ;-) I wasn’t aware of geminstaller. Thanks for the tip! I think I still prefer the simplicity of my script though. It does one thing and does it well ;-)

]]> By: Pat Nakajima http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/10/13/announcing-install_gemsrb/comment-page-1/#comment-13155 Pat Nakajima Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:49:16 +0000 http://blog.carlmercier.com/?p=154#comment-13155 Hey, just wondering if you took a look at geminstaller: http://geminstaller.rubyforge.org. Seems like it performs most of the tasks you described. Hey, just wondering if you took a look at geminstaller: http://geminstaller.rubyforge.org. Seems like it performs most of the tasks you described.

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