Custom library, but no zipped

[Hannes Horneber]

Hi there (again),

I am trying to create a library for the mate framework (http://
mate.asfusion.com/)
and although it seems quite simple (it is a real short rakefile) I
can't get the problem
solved that mate isn't distributed as a zip-file. You can download it
directly as a swc-file
and so I am stuck trying to finde the right paramters for the
RemoteFileTarget:

<Snip>

- !ruby/object:Sprout::RemoteFileTarget
platform: universal
url: http://mate-framework.googlecode.com/files/Mate_08_5.swc

<Snip END>

Testing this gem nothing happens... my project depends on it and it is
looked after when I am trying to run my project, but the library isn't
copied
into the lib_dir... perhaps someone may give me a hint (again)?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Hannes

[Hannes Horneber]

Hello again,

so I looked into this a bit further and found in the source at github
(http://github.com/lukebayes/project-sprouts/tree/
011416d7a2bab35a732170b579c4cfdbd6913920/sprout/lib/sprout/
remote_file_target.rb)
that the folder "archive" is always created and expected.

I tried to get this working by copying the downloaded swc into this
folder using
the post-installation function (or however it is called, I am very new
to ruby, rails, ...).
But it seems that this doesn't exist anymore.

So I am quite stuck again. For now I only workaround by zipping the
libraries
an uploading it to our server. But I really don't now if the guys of
the mate framework
would appreciate this.

Perhaps there is another, nicer workaround to this?

Cheers,
Hannes

[Luke Bayes]

Hey Hannes,

Thanks for posting these questions, they're definitely helping us
improve Sprouts!

Try setting your 'installed_path' property in the sprout.spec to '../
foo.swc', and the archive_path to empty string. (where foo.swc is the
name of your swc file)

I haven't tested this idea, but glancing at the source, it might just
do it.


Thanks,


Luke Bayes

[Hannes Horneber]

Perfect. That did the trick. Thank you so much.
I will test this a bit further and then will upload a few library gems
to
rubyforge.

The only thing left is the case, if there is URL which doesn't contain
the filename at the end... I think that is what you call a Rails URL
in
the comments in remote_file_target.rb ...

Perhaps it would be good to introduce a "filename" attribute.
If given there is no need to split and shift the url string, else
the function file_name does what it does ;-)

Cheers,
Hannes

[Luke Bayes]

I'm glad that worked for you.

If you'd like to add support for railsey URLs, I'd be glad to pull it
into trunk!


Thanks,

Luke