[BioRuby] biogem upgrade and simplification?

[Raoul Bonnal]

Hi Pjotr,

I agree that biogem needs to be simplified and certainly we should drop jeweler.
For long time Jeweler had some incompatibilities that we fixed manually using meta programming. The initial idea was to implement a lot of facilities for the users but maybe those are not needed anymore.

If you want to use a temple schema an option would be to have a github repository and write a “biogem” tool which is a simple tool that clones the repo and configure the templates accordingly.

Which is the current state of GUIX plus Ruby and its native libraries  ?
I would like to have a way to decides if I want to go with the traditional Gemfile or the GUIX version; maybe in the future we can switch to GUIX as the default packaging system.

we can still use the biogem repo  on github, create a new branch and rewrite the whole code base, actually I do not like versions in the tools names.

Ra 


On Aug 17, 2015, at 8:19 AM, Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public14 at thebird.nl> wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> Who is using biogem to generate the initial repository, Rakefile etc.
> these days? For some time I have been simply copying other projects
> and modifying those to create new gems.
> 
> Also, I am in favour of starting biogem2 fresh and doing away with
> bundler and jeweler dependencies and simplify the tool to a bunch of
> erb templates - faithfully mirroring a project structure. Does that
> make sense?
> 
> The simpler the tool, the more likely it is that people help
> fix/maintain it.
> 
> The initial idea of biogem was to go the other way - i.e., add
> features - but truth is that gem (itself) can create a repository as
> well as RoR.  No need to duplicate those efforts.
> 
> GNU Guix is maturing with gem support. Bundler and the like will be
> optional tools. It is my firm opinion. I am working this way now.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Pj.
> 
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