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Subject: Re: "Local" group or group metadata for optional gems
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That would be nice too.

On May 18, 5:55=A0pm, Christopher Small <metasoar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What about something like
>
> =A0 =A0group :development do
> =A0 =A0 =A0gem "wirble", :optional =3D> true, :set =3D> "A"
> =A0 =A0 =A0gem "looksee", :optional =3D> true, :set =3D> "B"
> =A0 =A0 =A0gem "rspec-rails"
> =A0 =A0end
>
> so that you could do
>
> =A0 =A0bundle install --include-optional=3DB
>
> if you just wanted those in set B, but not in set A?
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Lucas H=FAngaro <lucashung...@gmail.com>=
wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hmmm, maybe add an "optional" flag to each gem, so we don't mess with
> > groups:
>
> > =A0 =A0group :development do
> > =A0 =A0 =A0gem "wirble", :optional =3D> true
> > =A0 =A0 =A0gem "looksee", :optional =3D> true
> > =A0 =A0 =A0gem "rspec-rails"
> > =A0 =A0end
>
> > On May 18, 4:14 pm, Christopher Small <metasoar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Seems like ideally you would want to have something more robust to al=
low
> > for
> > > multiple optional groups. That way, if some of the devs want to use g=
em A
> > > but not gem B and other developers want to use gem B but not gem A, t=
hat
> > > could be accomplished with optional A and a B groups. Maybe "group" i=
s
> > not
> > > the right name for these things, given that it already has meaning. M=
aybe
> > > "set" or something.
>
> > > Chris
>
> > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Lucas H=FAngaro <lucashung...@gmail.=
com
> > >wrote:
>
> > > > Hi there!
>
> > > > It's a common issue to have gems that one developer uses while work=
ing
> > > > on some app, but other developers in the team don't want to use.
> > > > Things like wirble, looksee and awesome_print comes to mind. It's t=
he
> > > > kind of thing you don't want to force other people to install since
> > > > it's not an application dependency, it's just a non-required
> > > > environment tool. So, putting those dependencies in the Gemfile is =
bad
> > > > but also required, as there's no way to use them otherwise (at leas=
t I
> > > > haven't see one yet).
>
> > > > To solve this I thought of two options:
>
> > > > 1. "Local" gems group, like:
> > > > =A0 =A0group :local do
> > > > =A0 =A0 =A0gem "wirble"
> > > > =A0 =A0 =A0gem "looksee"
> > > > =A0 =A0end
>
> > > > 2. Adding some metadata option to flag an optional gem:
> > > > =A0 =A0group :development, :optional =3D> true do
> > > > =A0 =A0 =A0gem "wirble"
> > > > =A0 =A0 =A0gem "looksee"
> > > > =A0 =A0end
>
> > > > Bundler then wouldn't complain if these gems aren't installed and t=
hey
> > > > would be installed only if a flag is provided, like:
>
> > > > $ bundler install --include-optional
>
> > > > Is this a good option?
>
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