[Win32utils-devel] I wish I could comment on Daniels posts

[Daniel Berger]

Luis Lavena wrote:
> Hello Guys,
> 
> Me again in reply to Daniel's post:
> 
> http://djberg96.livejournal.com/169067.html
> 
> Since LiveJournal really sucks, I cannot simply register for
> comment... no, it creates a whole LiveJournal account that I don't
> plan on use.
> 
> Also, no OpenID.

LJ says it supports OpenID:

http://www.livejournal.com/openid/

> 
> Anyway, to comment: Did you tried rake-compiler?
> 
> http://github.com/luislavena/rake-compiler
> 
> Basically it allow Gem specification playing so you can do this:
> 
> rake compile
> 
> to build the extensions
> 
> rake native gem
> 
> to package both 'ruby' source gem and 'native' to your platform.
> 
> It also opens the possibility to cross compilation (I guess not useful
> for win32utils project) but it is for MinGW powered Ruby.
> 
> Anyhow, wanted to chime in :-)
> 
> I know, could be shameless self promotion, but perhaps is helpful, dunno.

Thanks, I really do need to take a look at rake-compiler. :)

Regards,

Dan