On 11/20/2018 10:39 AM, Ronald Fischer wrote: > Hi Ken, > > actually, the page regarding the gem list for the Ruby version in question > (the one we have at Cygwin) is > > https://stdgems.org/2.3.6/ > > but this page too lists json as "default gem". > > The page https://stdgems.org/ then defines this term as: > > "Default gems: These gems are part of Ruby and you can always require them > directly" > > So from this I would conclude that json (and the other default gems) should > be part of the Ruby installation, since "they are part of Ruby". If you > disagree with my interpretation, please explain where I undersood the text in > a wrong way. > > BTW, I think that my viewpoint is also supported by > > https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.3.6/ > > which says that the packages listed on this page are found in the /lib > directory of Ruby. > > But even if I go along with your interpretation of the text, in that the > default gems are delivered as a separated package, they should be available > at least on the Cygwin server, and be installable from there, but I did a > search for "ruby-default" and could not get a match.
I was just trying to tell you how to solve the problem. I wasn't offering an opinion about ruby packaging or which gems should be installed by default. Ken
