[Rubygems-developers] can 2 Gem directories co-exist?

[David Glasser]

On 2/3/06, Jim Weirich <jim.weirich at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I would like to see something like:
>
>   - VERSION: 0.8.11.3 (0.8.11.3)
>   - GEM_HOME (where gems are installed)
>     - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>   - GEM_PATH (where gems can be found):
>      - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>   - REMOTE SOURCES:
>      - http://gems.rubyforge.org

This feels somewhat ambiguous to me.  How about losing the passive voice:

 - GEM_HOME (where the 'gem' program installs gems)
   - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
 - GEM_PATH (where rubygems looks for gems):
    - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

It's possible that "the gem program" and "rubygems" are the wrong
subjects for these sentences, but I think moving towards active voice
will help clarify here.

It's also possible that, if we're guaranteeing that GEM_HOME will be
an element of GEM_PATH, it should look something more like

 - GEM_PATH (where we look for gems):
    - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
    - /home/my/gems (GEM_HOME, where we install new gems)

or something

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