[Wtr-general] The Watir Installer

[Harry Chou]

I know there perhaps are ways to get it working. I am just arguing
that this will prevent people from JUST trying Watir.

On 5/1/06, Harry Chou <harrychou at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think GEM works easily behind Firewall/Proxy. Am I not right?
>
> On 5/1/06, Pierre Garigue <PGarigue at extend.com> wrote:
> > what kind of problems are you having using Gem?
> >
> > -pierre
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Harry Chou [mailto:harrychou at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:19 AM
> > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] The Watir Installer
> >
> >
> > I am newbie here. I am still learning Ruby and Watir is the whole
> > reason I want to learn Ruby. I am afraid other new guys like me need
> > to learn how to use GEM, before I can use Watir, before I start delve
> > into Ruby. I am behind coporate firewall, I am constantly having
> > touble using GEM installation.
> >
> > I know you will probably say GEM is easy. But, it's not easy for me.
> > If it takes me more than couple hrs to know how to do it behind
> > firewall, I am afraid other developers in my team will not bother to
> > try it.
> >
> > Maybe I am missing something here. But, wouldn't we want to lower the
> > barrier for people to use WATIR and even Ruby?
> >
> > On 4/29/06, Jonathan Kohl <jkohl at telusplanet.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > +1
> > >
> > >
> > >  ________________________________
> > >  From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
> > > Bret Pettichord
> > > Sent: April 29, 2006 2:44 PM
> > > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > Subject: [Wtr-general] The Watir Installer
> > >
> > >
> > > This is a proposal for packaging Watir 1.5.
> > >
> > > Watir will be distributed as two files.
> > > 1. watir-1.5.0.gem - A gem that can be downloaded and installed locally or
> > > remotely installed over the internet (as always).
> > > 2. watir-bonus.zip - A zip file containing the user guide, the examples, and
> > > notes on where to find the unit tests and API docs (which are already in the
> > > gem).
> > >
> > > The gem would be required on any machine running Watir tests. The bonus zip
> > > would be recommend for any users learning Watir.
> > >
> > > Specifically, i am proposing that we stop distributing the one-click
> > > installer. Why?
> > > - The one-click installer installs the watir library and other files in
> > > different locations than the gem. This can lead to confusion.
> > > - The gem is becoming the standard method of installing Ruby libraries.
> > > - The one-click installer could be updated to make it more consistent with
> > > the gem, but no one has signed up to do this.
> > > - It is simpler to just have one method of installing Watir.
> > >
> > > I've discussed this off line with several people, but feel like this is
> > > something that requires official community review.
> > >
> > > Please vote on this proposal.
> > >
> > > Bret
> > >
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