How to pack a Ruby application?

Question

I have an application in Ruby that uses Qt 4 bindings. I want to be able to package and release it.

I looked at other applications, such as rakes and puppets, to see how they are packed. Both rakes and puppets are packed in precious stones. I started down this route when I realized that both rakes and puppets are more system-level tools than user-level applications.

I also looked at orca, but these are just windows.

Are there other options for packaging a Ruby GUI application other than gem or orca? I would like something that crossed the platform.

Answer 1

See the platform specification for gemstones. You can pack a gem for each platform supported by your code.

Some gemstones consist of pre-compiled code ("binary gemstones"). It is especially important that they match the platform attribute.