JRuby masterplan for F19 - RFC

[Michal Fojtik]

On 12/13, Vít Ondruch wrote:
> Dne 12.12.2012 18:36, Miroslav Suchý napsal(a):
> >On 11/29/2012 09:43 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote:
> >>- Two connected problems: 1) RPM generates auto provides from
> >>shebangs, e.g. #!/usr/bin/ruby will automatically require ruby
> >>package; 2) How to run programs with #!/usr/bin/ruby shebangs
> >>under JRuby?
> >
> >We already have mechanism for that:
> >
> >/etc/alternatives/*
> >update-alternatives(8)
> >
> >/usr/bin/ruby will be symlink to /etc/alternatives/ruby, which
> >will be symlink to /usr/bin/jruby or /usr/bin/ruby19 (previously
> >known as /usr/bin/ruby).
> >And let update-alternatives manage the defaults.

Maybe a stupid idea, but why we just don't prefix the 'jruby' with 'j'?

So we can have lancher in '/usr/bin/jruby'. Similar for irb, gem...
(jirb, jgem, etc...)

Then the shebang will be '#!/usr/bin/jruby' and the MRI version can
cooexist with the jruby.

  -- michal

> 
> Yes, we have, but you need to have root privileges to use them. That
> is not cool. We believe that something like this script [1] could
> make better service.
> 
> 
> Vít
> 
> 
> 
> [1] https://github.com/bkabrda/multiruby/blob/master/ruby
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