Distribute Nesta as a gem

[gma]

There are multiple benefits of distributing Nesta as a gem. For one thing, we'd no longer need ./local for user specific changes as the default templates would be distributed within the gem. It would also be easier to mount Nesta in another rack based application.

Tasks

• [DONE] Create a gem branch.
• [DONE] Move files into the correct locations for a gem.
• [DONE] Move Gemfile dependencies into gemspec file.
• [DONE] Create a script to generate a new Nesta project:
  • [DONE] Create content directory.
  • [DONE] Create config.ru.
  • [DONE] Create config/config.yml.
  • [DONE] Support Heroku with --heroku switch:
  • [DONE] Add a Gemfile.
  • [DONE] Add rake task that can configure Heroku.
  • [DONE] Add --vlad switch to setup deploy.rb.
• [DONE] Modify default view path to point to files in the gem.
• [DONE] Get local overrides working from ./views.
• [DONE] Port the theme script to nesta theme:* commands.
• [DONE] Serve CSS from the theme in preference to the gem.
• [DONE] Update the inline comments explaining how to use local.
• [DONE] Test effectif.com, using this gem.
• [DONE] Decide what to do about robots.txt (it can't stay in public/ in the gem).
• [DONE] Re-do the default theme, without any assets.

[tuupola]

So I just do

  gem install nesta

from rubygems.org to install? Been planning to upgrade my Nesta installation for a while.

[gma]

Yeah, basically that's all you do. I'm working on the docs and therefore still haven't publicised the gem yet; all there is in the meantime is the README on the gem branch. Ping me an email if you get stuck/want to fire up IRC…