Comments on: Fat binary gems make the rockin’ world go round http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/ The act of making love, tenderly. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:03:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Leslie Viljoen http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-103142 Leslie Viljoen Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:11:50 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-103142 I hope there is a better solution in the works - can you imagine how this fat gem will get bigger and bigger in the future as more versions of Ruby are released? Here in Africa bandwidth is low and expensive, think of us too! I hope there is a better solution in the works – can you imagine how this fat gem will get bigger and bigger in the future as more versions of Ruby are released?

Here in Africa bandwidth is low and expensive, think of us too!

]]> By: Newly Supported Build Platforms for FXRuby (Coming Soon) • Blog Archive • Lovable Lyle http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-101459 Newly Supported Build Platforms for FXRuby (Coming Soon) • Blog Archive • Lovable Lyle Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:57:34 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-101459 [...] the RubyInstaller project is to build what he calls a “fat” gem (as described here and here), one that includes multiple builds of FXRuby and that selects the “right” one at load [...] [...] the RubyInstaller project is to build what he calls a “fat” gem (as described here and here), one that includes multiple builds of FXRuby and that selects the “right” one at load [...]

]]> By: RubyInstaller: Updated packages, and other news. http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-88556 RubyInstaller: Updated packages, and other news. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:50:49 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-88556 [...] of making fat binaries are around, but I believe this can be worked out with some love to RubyGems (discussed last [...] [...] of making fat binaries are around, but I believe this can be worked out with some love to RubyGems (discussed last [...]

]]> By: Luis Lavena http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-78931 Luis Lavena Sun, 31 May 2009 23:41:44 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-78931 <p>Posted a follow up of this to my blog:</p> <p>http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/05/31/beta-test-rake-compiler-fat-binaries-functionality-implemented/</p> <p>Now rake-compilers implement bundling both 1.8 and 1.9 binaries in the same gem.</p> <p>A few caveats:</p> <p>it only support cross compilation (so no fat binaries for windows form windows for now)</p> <p>It cannot cross compile extensions to 1.8 using Ruby 1.9 as base (there is a limitation of mkmf).</p> <p>Cheers!</p> Posted a follow up of this to my blog:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/05/31/beta-test-rake-compiler-fat-binaries-functionality-implemented/

Now rake-compilers implement bundling both 1.8 and 1.9 binaries in the same gem.

A few caveats:

it only support cross compilation (so no fat binaries for windows form windows for now)

It cannot cross compile extensions to 1.8 using Ruby 1.9 as base (there is a limitation of mkmf).

Cheers!

]]> By: Dr Nic http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-78914 Dr Nic Sun, 31 May 2009 21:56:45 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-78914 <p>@aaron - perhaps let's start with "I'm terrible at reading" :)</p> <p>I've never published a C-extension/FFI gem before so I mightn't have "cared" enough to read it properly :)</p> @aaron – perhaps let’s start with “I’m terrible at reading” :)

I’ve never published a C-extension/FFI gem before so I mightn’t have “cared” enough to read it properly :)

]]> By: DEV_MEM.dump_to(:blog) - Multimedia systems blog http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-78879 DEV_MEM.dump_to(:blog) - Multimedia systems blog Sun, 31 May 2009 18:35:07 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-78879 <p><strong>beta test rake-compiler: fat binaries functionality implemented...</strong></p> <pre><code>No trans-fat, no issues with cholesterol, fat-binaries are something proposed by Aaron Patterson to workaround some RubyGems limitations shipping gems for Ruby 1.8 and 1.9. You can read his initial experiment here While working on sqlite3-ruby and ... </code></pre> beta test rake-compiler: fat binaries functionality implemented…

No trans-fat, no issues with cholesterol, fat-binaries are something proposed by Aaron Patterson to workaround some RubyGems limitations shipping gems for Ruby 1.8 and 1.9.
You can read his initial experiment here
While working on sqlite3-ruby and ...
]]> By: Aaron Patterson http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-77169 Aaron Patterson Tue, 19 May 2009 01:55:13 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-77169 <p>@drnic ya, I'm terrible at english, and blogging. :-(</p> @drnic ya, I’m terrible at english, and blogging. :-(

]]> By: Charles Oliver Nutter http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-76641 Charles Oliver Nutter Wed, 13 May 2009 22:58:49 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-76641 <p>This seems similar to providing JRuby and Ruby support in the same gem by just publishing and loading the jar file extension when in JRuby.</p> This seems similar to providing JRuby and Ruby support in the same gem by just publishing and loading the jar file extension when in JRuby.

]]> By: Dr Nic http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/05/07/fat-binary-gems-make-the-rockin-world-go-round/comment-page-1/#comment-76568 Dr Nic Wed, 13 May 2009 09:15:35 +0000 http://tenderlovemaking.com/?p=275#comment-76568 <p>I don't think I understood what you were attempting when I first read the intro paragraphs. After re-seeing the intro paragraph on Eric Hodel's blog it made me re-read it and realise how cool it is what you're attempting.</p> I don’t think I understood what you were attempting when I first read the intro paragraphs. After re-seeing the intro paragraph on Eric Hodel’s blog it made me re-read it and realise how cool it is what you’re attempting.

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