[Rubygems-developers] [ rubygems-Bugs-16937 ] downcase gem name: can install RedCloth but not redcloth

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Bugs item #16937, was opened at 2008-01-08 16:09
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Category: `gem install` command
Group: v1.0.x
Status: Closed
Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Suraj Kurapati (snk)
Assigned to: Eric Hodel (drbrain)
Summary: downcase gem name: can install RedCloth but not redcloth

Initial Comment:
`gem install` should accept lower-case gem names.  I am using Rubygems 1.0.1. 

I couldn't figure out why 'gem install redcloth' kept saying there was no such gem available, but I tried camel case (RedCloth) and it worked.  How is anybody expected to know the correct capitalization of a gem name?

Thanks for your consideration.

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>Comment By: Suraj Kurapati (snk)
Date: 2010-11-23 11:47

Message:
So... is this bug ever going to be fixed?  It's been more
than 2 years since I originally filed it. :-(

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Comment By: Eric Hodel (drbrain)
Date: 2008-06-02 15:57

Message:
Please do not add comments to a bug that are orthogonal to the topic.

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Comment By: Eric Hodel (drbrain)
Date: 2008-06-02 15:42

Message:
Please do not add comments to a bug that are orthogonal to the topic.

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Comment By: Jason Garber (jgarber)
Date: 2008-04-14 21:12

Message:
Sorry, I cross-posted.  See http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=19525&group_id=126&atid=575

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Comment By: Suraj Kurapati (snk)
Date: 2008-04-14 20:24

Message:
Re-opening bug so that our comments are heard.

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Comment By: Jason Garber (jgarber)
Date: 2008-04-14 14:28

Message:
+1

gem install RedCloth (or RubyInline, AsteriskRuby, DeliciousRuby, RedGreen, Ruby4Skype, etc) trips so many people up

At the very least, you could say, "gem redcloth not found.  Did you mean RedCloth? [y]"

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Comment By: Suraj Kurapati (snk)
Date: 2008-02-20 23:18

Message:
I request reconsideration!

This supposed case-sensitivity "feature" is a hindrance to
usability.  All you need to do is add a simple downcase()
call to the user's input... it's not a monumental effort!

Furthermore, this "feature" allows impostors to create bogus
projects with the same name as, say, RedCloth in many
case-sensitive variations.  Fast forward and you get the
same abysmal situation we have with domain squatters today
on the Internet.

Please reconsider!  The user interface should be simple and
*forgiving*!

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Comment By: Eric Hodel (drbrain)
Date: 2008-02-20 11:42

Message:
Use `gem list` to get the correct capitalization.

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