The way the 'mysql' gem handles this is pretty good. It adds the ISO
date to the version number for platforms other than 'ruby', viz:<br>
<br>
Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-linux)<br>
1. mysql 2.7.2006.05.10 (mswin32)<br>
2. mysql 2.7.2006.04.21 (mswin32)<br>
3. mysql 2.7 (ruby)<br>
4. mysql 2.6 (ruby)<br>
5. mysql 2.5.1 (ruby)<br>
6. Cancel installation<br>
><br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 03/06/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Zed Shaw</b> <<a href="mailto:zedshaw@zedshaw.com">zedshaw@zedshaw.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>If neither of these are good, and other people would like to just<br>install the current version without a prompt, then I can setup<br>a /current/ gem source that's like /releases/ but it just contains the<br>current production release. But, at least try the other two options
<br>before making me do work. :-)<br><br></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Neil Wilson (<a href="mailto:neil@aldur.co.uk">neil@aldur.co.uk</a>)