[Rubygems-developers] RubyGems 0.9.0 introduces bug for installing source Gems

[Jim Weirich]

Jim Weirich wrote:
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> (3) In package.rb, I've changed the zlib stream workaround to include 
> version 1.2.1 of zlib, since at least on person has encountered the 
> problem on 1.2.1.  Does anyone know if this is the problem that the 
> Rails folks were having with one of their gems in this past security 
> release?
...

Seriously, two minutes after I sent this email, who but DHH pops up in 
IM and points out this problem.  He confirms this was the problem they 
saw with their rails gem.

-- Jim Weirich