On 04/01/12 at 07:05 -0500, Sam Ruby wrote: > On 01/04/2012 02:26 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >On 03/01/12 at 08:00 -0500, Sam Ruby wrote: > >>ruby-switch is not found using Ubuntu 11.10. > > > >Right. I try to keep track of what Ubuntu includes or not, but that's > >usually the first task to suffer when I'm too busy. > >A good way to do that is to start from > >http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-ruby-extras-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org > >and submit Ubuntu sync requests where needed. > > > >Normally ruby-switch should be imported automatically since it should > >reach Debian testing before Ubuntu's "Debian import freeze". > > > >>I downloaded debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso with the intention of > >>running it inside VirtualBox. Graphical install froze: no response > >>to tab keys or mouse. Non-graphical mode puts out what appears to > >>be an unending stream of "INFO: kbd-mode: setting console mode to > >>Unicode (UTF-8)" messages. Trying control-C produces a Segment > >>Fault, after which the messages resume. > > > >Probably a virtualbox problem. Have you tried kvm, or simply using a > >chroot built with debootstrap? > > I was previously unaware of debootstrap, and it does look like > something I could use. I'll look more into apt-cache, but I was > able to get something going using: > > # debootstrap testing /tmp/testing > # chroot /tmp/testing > > Unfortunately, from there, I can't seem to find ruby-switch: > > # cat /etc/debian_version > wheezy/sid > > # cat /etc/apt/sources.list > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main > > # apt-get install ruby-switch > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > E: Unable to locate package ruby-switch > > Did I miss a step?
ruby-switch hasn't migrated to testing yet, you need to use unstable. > I am both a fan of Debian based distributions (in particular > Ubuntu), and of Ruby, and am willing to invest time in bringing > Debian up to date in the hopes that such effort will eventually be > picked up by Ubuntu. > > However, for me that does not mean preparing a package for Rails 2.3 > which was released in 2009 with the hopes that it will be included > in Ubuntu in 2013. > > My current installation instructions tell people to use rvm. When > Rails 4.0 comes out, I will likely update that to say rbenv. If > there is any way that we can work together and I can make that > apt-get install, I would very much like that. I'm not involved in rails packaging, and I've never used it. But I mainly see rails in Debian as a prerequisite to package rails-based applications. For developers of web apps, I'm not sure it makes sense to install rails using apt-get. Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ruby-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120104121728.ga9...@xanadu.blop.info
