what's the deal with the gps gems?

`gem install gps` installs gps-0.0.1 by Nolan Darilek.

If you download the gem from http://rubyforge.org/projects/gps then you
get gps-0.0.1.5 by Sascha Teske.

The licenses are different, some of the code is the same....

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On May 23, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> what's the deal with the gps gems?
>
> `gem install gps` installs gps-0.0.1 by Nolan Darilek.
>
> If you download the gem from http://rubyforge.org/projects/gps then
> you get gps-0.0.1.5 by Sascha Teske.
>
> The licenses are different, some of the code is the same....

There are probably two of the same name from different sources. Since
the older one already exists the newer one will not enter the index.
Check with Tom Copeland to see where gps-0.0.1 came from.

On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 05:02 +0900, Eric Hodel wrote:
> On May 23, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> > what's the deal with the gps gems?
> >
> > `gem install gps` installs gps-0.0.1 by Nolan Darilek.
> >
> > If you download the gem from http://rubyforge.org/projects/gps then
> > you get gps-0.0.1.5 by Sascha Teske.
> >
> > The licenses are different, some of the code is the same....
>
> There are probably two of the same name from different sources. Since
> the older one already exists the newer one will not enter the index.
> Check with Tom Copeland to see where gps-0.0.1 came from.

Yup, the "gps" gem is from the "hermes" project:

http://rubyforge.org/projects/hermes/

Yours,

Tom

Lol.

Should someone not electronically matchmake/mediate and get these two
together formally!-)

http://rubyforge.org/projects/gps



<quote who="Tom Copeland">
>
> On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 05:02 +0900, Eric Hodel wrote:
>> On May 23, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>> > what's the deal with the gps gems?
>> >
>> > `gem install gps` installs gps-0.0.1 by Nolan Darilek.
>> >
>> > If you download the gem from http://rubyforge.org/projects/gps then
>> > you get gps-0.0.1.5 by Sascha Teske.
>> >
>> > The licenses are different, some of the code is the same....
>>
>> There are probably two of the same name from different sources. Since
>> the older one already exists the newer one will not enter the index.
>> Check with Tom Copeland to see where gps-0.0.1 came from.
>
> Yup, the "gps" gem is from the "hermes" project:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/hermes/
>
> Yours,
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>


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