gem: after installing display text

[Kurt V. Hindenburg]

Hello,
Is it possible to display some message after installing a gem? I have a gem
and I want to inform the user about a few items... this would seem like a
common thing but I couldn't find any info on it.
Thanks,
Kurt

 

[Austin Ziegler]

Is there any chance it could be made slightly more general? Like:

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=3Ddetail&aid=3D2890&g= roup_id=3D126&atid=3D578

so you could 'puts' any message you liked, and also do additional
installation (e.g. manpages) or processing (e.g. populate a database from
the net).

I would suggest that the feature be set up as follows:

* Any gem may display a message.
* Signed gems may execute extra commands, but only after asking the user.

The user should ultimately be able to identify authors that are
trusted so that trusted signed gems may execute extra stuff without
asking the user.

-austin

 

[Paul Duncan]

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I would suggest that the feature be set up as follows:
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* Any gem may display a message.
* Signed gems may execute extra commands, but only after asking the use= r.
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The user should ultimately be able to identify authors that are
trusted so that trusted signed gems may execute extra stuff without
asking the user.

The Gem signing code has a rudimentary security policy framework
(Gem::Security:olicy) which could be extended to support this
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-austin

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