nio 0.2.2 → 0.2.3

data/tasks/git.rake

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+
+if HAVE_GIT
+
+namespace :git do
+
+  # A prerequisites task that all other tasks depend upon
+  task :prereqs
+
+  desc 'Show tags from the Git repository'
+  task :show_tags => 'git:prereqs' do |t|
+    puts %x/git tag/
+  end
+
+  desc 'Create a new tag in the Git repository'
+  task :create_tag => 'git:prereqs' do |t|
+    v = ENV['VERSION'] or abort 'Must supply VERSION=x.y.z'
+    abort "Versions don't match #{v} vs #{PROJ.version}" if v != PROJ.version
+
+    tag = "%s-%s" % [PROJ.name, PROJ.version]
+    msg = "Creating tag for #{PROJ.name} version #{PROJ.version}"
+
+    puts "Creating Git tag '#{tag}'"
+    unless system "git tag -a -m '#{msg}' #{tag}"
+      abort "Tag creation failed"
+    end
+
+    if %x/git remote/ =~ %r/^origin\s*$/
+      unless system "git push origin #{tag}"
+        abort "Could not push tag to remote Git repository"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+end  # namespace :git
+
+task 'gem:release' => 'git:create_tag'
+
+end  # if HAVE_GIT
+
+# EOF

data/tasks/manifest.rake

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+
+require 'find'
+
+namespace :manifest do
+
+  desc 'Verify the manifest'
+  task :check do
+    fn = PROJ.manifest_file + '.tmp'
+    files = manifest_files
+
+    File.open(fn, 'w') {|fp| fp.puts files}
+    lines = %x(#{DIFF} -du #{PROJ.manifest_file} #{fn}).split("\n")
+    if HAVE_FACETS_ANSICODE and ENV.has_key?('TERM')
+      lines.map! do |line|
+        case line
+        when %r/^(-{3}|\+{3})/; nil
+        when %r/^@/; ANSICode.blue line
+        when %r/^\+/; ANSICode.green line
+        when %r/^\-/; ANSICode.red line
+        else line end
+      end
+    end
+    puts lines.compact
+    rm fn rescue nil
+  end
+
+  desc 'Create a new manifest'
+  task :create do
+    files = manifest_files
+    unless test(?f, PROJ.manifest_file)
+      files << PROJ.manifest_file
+      files.sort!
+    end
+    File.open(PROJ.manifest_file, 'w') {|fp| fp.puts files}
+  end
+
+  task :assert do
+    files = manifest_files
+    manifest = File.read(PROJ.manifest_file).split($/)
+    raise "ERROR: #{PROJ.manifest_file} is out of date" unless files == manifest
+  end
+
+end  # namespace :manifest
+
+desc 'Alias to manifest:check'
+task :manifest => 'manifest:check'
+
+# EOF

data/tasks/notes.rake

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+
+if HAVE_BONES
+
+desc "Enumerate all annotations"
+task :notes do |t|
+  id = if t.application.top_level_tasks.length > 1
+    t.application.top_level_tasks.slice!(1..-1).join(' ')
+  end
+  Bones::AnnotationExtractor.enumerate(
+      PROJ, PROJ.notes.tags.join('|'), id, :tag => true)
+end
+
+namespace :notes do
+  PROJ.notes.tags.each do |tag|
+    desc "Enumerate all #{tag} annotations"
+    task tag.downcase.to_sym do |t|
+      id = if t.application.top_level_tasks.length > 1
+        t.application.top_level_tasks.slice!(1..-1).join(' ')
+      end
+      Bones::AnnotationExtractor.enumerate(PROJ, tag, id)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+end  # if HAVE_BONES
+
+# EOF

data/tasks/nuweb.rake

@@ -1,69 +1,125 @@
 # nuweb build tasks
+namespace :nuweb do
 
-desc "Generate Ruby code"
-task :tangle => Dir['source/*.w'].collect{|fn| fn.gsub /\.w/,'.ws'}+Dir['source/lib/**/*.rb'].collect{|fn| fn.gsub('source/lib/','lib/')}+[:test]
+  desc "Generate Ruby code from nuweb source"
+  task :tangle => Dir['source/*.w'].collect{|fn| fn.gsub /\.w/,'.ws'}+
+                  Dir['source/lib/**/*.rb'].collect{|fn| fn.gsub('source/lib/','lib/')}+
+                  Dir['source/test/**/*'].collect{|fn| fn.gsub('source/test/','test/')}+
+                  [:test]
 
-# directory 'lib'
-# directory 'lib/nio'
-# directory 'source/pdf'
+  # directory 'lib'
+  # directory 'lib/nio'
+  # directory 'source/pdf'
 
-rule '.ws' => ['.w'] do |t|
-  puts "build dir: #{Dir.pwd}"
-  puts "nuweb -t #{t.source}"
-  puts `nuweb -t #{t.source}`
-   File.open(t.name,'w'){|f| f.puts "sentinel"}
-end
+  rule '.ws' => ['.w'] do |t|
+    puts "build dir: #{Dir.pwd}"
+    puts "nuweb -t #{t.source}"
+    puts `nuweb -t #{t.source}`
+     File.open(t.name,'w'){|f| f.puts "sentinel"}
+  end
 
-clean_exts = ['*.tex','*.dvi','*.log','*.aux','*.out','*.ws']
+  clean_exts = ['*.tex','*.dvi','*.log','*.aux','*.out','*.ws']
+  clobber_dirs = ['lib', 'source/pdf', 'test']
+  clobber_exceptions = ['test/data.yaml', 'test/test_helper.rb']
 
-desc "clean up files"
-task :clean_nuweb do |t| # to do: integrate in hoe clean
-  rm_r clean_exts.collect{|x| Dir.glob('*'+x)+Dir.glob('source/*'+x)+Dir.glob('source/pdf/*'+x)}.flatten
-end
+  desc "Remove all nuweb generated files"
+  task :clobber=>[:clean] do |t|
+    clobber_dirs.map{|dir| Dir["#{dir}/**/*"]}.flatten.each do |fn|
+      rm fn unless File.directory?(fn)
+    end
+  end
 
-desc "Generate source code (nuweb) documentation"
-task :weave => ['source/pdf'] + Dir['source/*.w'].collect{|fn| fn.gsub(/\.w/,'.pdf').gsub('source/','source/pdf/')}
+  desc "Clean up nuweb temporary files"
+  task :clean do |t|
+    rm_r clean_exts.collect{|x| Dir.glob('*'+x)+Dir.glob('source/*'+x)+Dir.glob('source/pdf/*'+x)}.flatten
+  end
 
-def rem_ext(fn, ext)
-  ext = File.extname(fn) unless fn
-  File.join(File.dirname(fn),File.basename(fn,ext))
-end
+  desc "Generate nuweb source code documentation"
+  task :weave => ['source/pdf'] + Dir['source/*.w'].collect{|fn| fn.gsub(/\.w/,'.pdf').gsub('source/','source/pdf/')}
 
-def sub_dir(dir, fn)
-  d,n = File.split(fn)
-  File.join(d,File.join(dir,n))
-end
+  def rem_ext(fn, ext)
+    ext = File.extname(fn) unless fn
+    File.join(File.dirname(fn),File.basename(fn,ext))
+  end
 
-def rep_dir(dir, fn)
-  File.join(dir, File.basename(fn))
-end
+  def sub_dir(dir, fn)
+    d,n = File.split(fn)
+    File.join(d,File.join(dir,n))
+  end
 
-#note that if latex is run from the base directory and the file is in a subdirectory (source)
-# .aux/.out/.log files are created in the subdirectory and won't be found by the second
-# pass of latex;
-def w_to_pdf(s)
-  fn = rem_ext(s,'.w')
-  puts "dir: #{File.dirname(fn)}"
-  doc_dir = File.dirname(fn)!='.' ? './pdf' : '../source/pdf'
-  cd(File.dirname(fn)) do
-    fn = File.basename(fn)
-    2.times do
-      puts "nuweb -o -l #{fn}.w"
-      puts `nuweb -o -l #{fn}.w`
-      puts "latex -halt-on-error #{fn}.tex"
-      puts `latex -halt-on-error #{fn}.tex`
-      puts "dvipdfm -o #{rep_dir(doc_dir,fn)}.pdf #{fn}.dvi"
-     puts `dvipdfm -o #{rep_dir(doc_dir,fn)}.pdf #{fn}.dvi`
+  def rep_dir(dir, fn)
+    File.join(dir, File.basename(fn))
+  end
+
+  #note that if latex is run from the base directory and the file is in a subdirectory (source)
+  # .aux/.out/.log files are created in the subdirectory and won't be found by the second
+  # pass of latex;
+  def w_to_pdf(s)
+    fn = rem_ext(s,'.w')
+    puts "dir: #{File.dirname(fn)}"
+    doc_dir = File.dirname(fn)!='.' ? './pdf' : '../source/pdf'
+    cd(File.dirname(fn)) do
+      fn = File.basename(fn)
+      2.times do
+        puts "nuweb -o -l #{fn}.w"
+        puts `nuweb -o -l #{fn}.w`
+        puts "latex -halt-on-error #{fn}.tex"
+        puts `latex -halt-on-error #{fn}.tex`
+        puts "dvipdfm -o #{rep_dir(doc_dir,fn)}.pdf #{fn}.dvi"
+       puts `dvipdfm -o #{rep_dir(doc_dir,fn)}.pdf #{fn}.dvi`
+      end
     end
   end
-end
 
-rule '.pdf' => [proc{|tn| File.join('source',File.basename(tn,'.pdf')+'.w')}] do |t|
-  w_to_pdf t.source
-end
+  rule '.pdf' => [proc{|tn| File.join('source',File.basename(tn,'.pdf')+'.w')}] do |t|
+    w_to_pdf t.source
+  end
+
+  rule /\Alib\/.*\.rb/ =>[proc{|tn| tn.sub(/\Alib\//, 'source/lib/') }]  do |t|
+    cp t.source, t.name  if t.source
+  end
+
+  rule /\Atest\/.*/ =>[proc{|tn| tn.sub(/\Atest\//, 'source/test/') }]  do |t|
+    cp t.source, t.name  if t.source
+  end
+
+  namespace :docs do
+
+    task :package=>['nuweb:weave']
+    Rake::PackageTask.new('nio-source-pdf', Nio::VERSION::STRING) do |p|
+      # generate same formats as for the gem contents
+      p.need_tar = PROJ.gem.need_tar
+      p.need_zip = PROJ.gem.need_zip
+      p.package_files.include "source/pdf/**/*.pdf"
+    end
+
+  end
+
+    Rake::PackageTask.new('nio-source', Nio::VERSION::STRING) do |p|
+      # generate same formats as for the gem contents
+      p.need_tar = PROJ.gem.need_tar
+      p.need_zip = PROJ.gem.need_zip
+      # to generate the strict source we could require the clobber task and then
+      # pack everything left... but we will just define what to pack
+      p.package_files.include "source/**/*.txt"
+      p.package_files.include "source/helpers/**/*"
+      p.package_files.include "source/lib/**/*"
+      p.package_files.include "source/test/**/*"
+      p.package_files.include "source/**/*.w"
+      p.package_files.exclude "source/pdf/**/*"
+      p.package_files.include 'History.txt', 'License.txt', 'Manifest.txt', 'Rakefile', 'README.txt', 'setup.rb'
+      p.package_files.include "tasks/**/*"
+    end
 
-rule /\Alib\/.*\.rb/ =>[proc{|tn| tn.sub(/\Alib\//, 'source/lib/') }]  do |t|
-  cp t.source, t.name  if t.source
 end
 
+task :clobber=>'nuweb:clobber'
+task :clean=>'nuweb:clean'
+
+Rake::Task['gem:package'].enhance ['nuweb:tangle']
+Rake::Task['gem:release'].clear_prerequisites.enhance ['gem'] # remove clobber prerequisite
+
+desc 'Generate code and documentation from nuweb sources'
+task :nuweb => ['nuweb:tangle', 'nuweb:weave']
 
+STDERR.puts "TTT #{Rake::Task['gem:package'].prerequisites.inspect}"

data/tasks/post_load.rake

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+
+# This file does not define any rake tasks. It is used to load some project
+# settings if they are not defined by the user.
+
+PROJ.rdoc.exclude << "^#{Regexp.escape(PROJ.manifest_file)}$"
+PROJ.exclude << ["^#{Regexp.escape(PROJ.ann.file)}$",
+                 "^#{Regexp.escape(PROJ.rdoc.dir)}/",
+                 "^#{Regexp.escape(PROJ.rcov.dir)}/"]
+
+flatten_arrays = lambda do |this,os|
+    os.instance_variable_get(:@table).each do |key,val|
+      next if key == :dependencies \
+           or key == :development_dependencies
+      case val
+      when Array; val.flatten!
+      when OpenStruct; this.call(this,val)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+flatten_arrays.call(flatten_arrays,PROJ)
+
+PROJ.changes ||= paragraphs_of(PROJ.history_file, 0..1).join("\n\n")
+
+PROJ.description ||= paragraphs_of(PROJ.readme_file, 'description').join("\n\n")
+
+PROJ.summary ||= PROJ.description.split('.').first
+
+PROJ.gem.files ||=
+  if test(?f, PROJ.manifest_file)
+    files = File.readlines(PROJ.manifest_file).map {|fn| fn.chomp.strip}
+    files.delete ''
+    files
+  else [] end
+
+PROJ.gem.executables ||= PROJ.gem.files.find_all {|fn| fn =~ %r/^bin/}
+
+PROJ.rdoc.main ||= PROJ.readme_file
+
+# EOF

data/tasks/rdoc.rake

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+
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+namespace :doc do
+
+  desc 'Generate RDoc documentation'
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rd|
+    rdoc = PROJ.rdoc
+    rd.main = rdoc.main
+    rd.rdoc_dir = rdoc.dir
+
+    incl = Regexp.new(rdoc.include.join('|'))
+    excl = Regexp.new(rdoc.exclude.join('|'))
+    files = PROJ.gem.files.find_all do |fn|
+              case fn
+              when excl; false
+              when incl; true
+              else false end
+            end
+    rd.rdoc_files.push(*files)
+
+    title = "#{PROJ.name}-#{PROJ.version} Documentation"
+
+    rf_name = PROJ.rubyforge.name
+    title = "#{rf_name}'s " + title if rf_name.valid? and rf_name != title
+
+    rd.options << "-t #{title}"
+    rd.options.concat(rdoc.opts)
+  end
+
+  desc 'Generate ri locally for testing'
+  task :ri => :clobber_ri do
+    sh "#{RDOC} --ri -o ri ."
+  end
+
+  task :clobber_ri do
+    rm_r 'ri' rescue nil
+  end
+
+end  # namespace :doc
+
+desc 'Alias to doc:rdoc'
+task :doc => 'doc:rdoc'
+
+desc 'Remove all build products'
+task :clobber => %w(doc:clobber_rdoc doc:clobber_ri)
+
+remove_desc_for_task %w(doc:clobber_rdoc)
+
+# EOF

data/tasks/rubyforge.rake

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+
+if PROJ.rubyforge.name.valid? && HAVE_RUBYFORGE
+
+require 'rubyforge'
+require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
+
+namespace :gem do
+  desc 'Package and upload to RubyForge'
+  task :release => [:clobber, 'gem'] do |t|
+    v = ENV['VERSION'] or abort 'Must supply VERSION=x.y.z'
+    abort "Versions don't match #{v} vs #{PROJ.version}" if v != PROJ.version
+    pkg = "pkg/#{PROJ.gem._spec.full_name}"
+
+    if $DEBUG then
+      puts "release_id = rf.add_release #{PROJ.rubyforge.name.inspect}, #{PROJ.name.inspect}, #{PROJ.version.inspect}, \"#{pkg}.tgz\""
+      puts "rf.add_file #{PROJ.rubyforge.name.inspect}, #{PROJ.name.inspect}, release_id, \"#{pkg}.gem\""
+    end
+
+    rf = RubyForge.new
+    rf.configure rescue nil
+    puts 'Logging in'
+    rf.login
+
+    c = rf.userconfig
+    c['release_notes'] = PROJ.description if PROJ.description
+    c['release_changes'] = PROJ.changes if PROJ.changes
+    c['preformatted'] = true
+
+    files = Dir.glob("#{pkg}*.*")
+
+    puts "Releasing #{PROJ.name} v. #{PROJ.version}"
+    rf.add_release PROJ.rubyforge.name, PROJ.name, PROJ.version, *files
+  end
+end  # namespace :gem
+
+
+namespace :doc do
+  desc "Publish RDoc to RubyForge"
+  task :release => %w(doc:clobber_rdoc doc:rdoc) do
+    config = YAML.load(
+        File.read(File.expand_path('~/.rubyforge/user-config.yml'))
+    )
+
+    host = "#{config['username']}@rubyforge.org"
+    remote_dir = "/var/www/gforge-projects/#{PROJ.rubyforge.name}/"
+    remote_dir << PROJ.rdoc.remote_dir if PROJ.rdoc.remote_dir
+    local_dir = PROJ.rdoc.dir
+
+    Rake::SshDirPublisher.new(host, remote_dir, local_dir).upload
+  end
+end  # namespace :doc
+
+end  # if HAVE_RUBYFORGE
+
+# EOF

data/tasks/setup.rb

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+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/clean'
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'ostruct'
+
+class OpenStruct; undef :gem; end
+
+# TODO: make my own openstruct type object that includes descriptions
+# TODO: use the descriptions to output help on the available bones options
+
+PROJ = OpenStruct.new(
+  # Project Defaults
+  :name => nil,
+  :summary => nil,
+  :description => nil,
+  :changes => nil,
+  :authors => nil,
+  :email => nil,
+  :url => "\000",
+  :version => ENV['VERSION'] || '0.0.0',
+  :exclude => %w(tmp$ bak$ ~$ CVS \.svn/ \.git/ ^pkg/),
+  :release_name => ENV['RELEASE'],
+
+  # System Defaults
+  :ruby_opts => %w(-w),
+  :libs => [],
+  :history_file => 'History.txt',
+  :manifest_file => 'Manifest.txt',
+  :readme_file => 'README.txt',
+
+  # Announce
+  :ann => OpenStruct.new(
+    :file => 'announcement.txt',
+    :text => nil,
+    :paragraphs => [],
+    :email => {
+      :from     => nil,
+      :to       => %w(ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org),
+      :server   => 'localhost',
+      :port     => 25,
+      :domain   => ENV['HOSTNAME'],
+      :acct     => nil,
+      :passwd   => nil,
+      :authtype => :plain
+    }
+  ),
+
+  # Gem Packaging
+  :gem => OpenStruct.new(
+    :dependencies => [],
+    :development_dependencies => [],
+    :executables => nil,
+    :extensions => FileList['ext/**/extconf.rb'],
+    :files => nil,
+    :need_tar => true,
+    :need_zip => false,
+    :extras => {}
+  ),
+
+  # File Annotations
+  :notes => OpenStruct.new(
+    :exclude => %w(^tasks/setup\.rb$),
+    :extensions => %w(.txt .rb .erb .rdoc) << '',
+    :tags => %w(FIXME OPTIMIZE TODO)
+  ),
+
+  # Rcov
+  :rcov => OpenStruct.new(
+    :dir => 'coverage',
+    :opts => %w[--sort coverage -T],
+    :threshold => 90.0,
+    :threshold_exact => false
+  ),
+
+  # Rdoc
+  :rdoc => OpenStruct.new(
+    :opts => [],
+    :include => %w(^lib/ ^bin/ ^ext/ \.txt$ \.rdoc$),
+    :exclude => %w(extconf\.rb$),
+    :main => nil,
+    :dir => 'doc',
+    :remote_dir => nil
+  ),
+
+  # Rubyforge
+  :rubyforge => OpenStruct.new(
+    :name => "\000"
+  ),
+
+  # Rspec
+  :spec => OpenStruct.new(
+    :files => FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb'],
+    :opts => []
+  ),
+
+  # Subversion Repository
+  :svn => OpenStruct.new(
+    :root => nil,
+    :path => '',
+    :trunk => 'trunk',
+    :tags => 'tags',
+    :branches => 'branches'
+  ),
+
+  # Test::Unit
+  :test => OpenStruct.new(
+    :files => FileList['test/**/test_*.rb'],
+    :file  => 'test/all.rb',
+    :opts  => []
+  )
+)
+
+# Load the other rake files in the tasks folder
+tasks_dir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+post_load_fn = File.join(tasks_dir, 'post_load.rake')
+rakefiles = Dir.glob(File.join(tasks_dir, '*.rake')).sort
+rakefiles.unshift(rakefiles.delete(post_load_fn)).compact!
+import(*rakefiles)
+
+# Setup the project libraries
+%w(lib ext).each {|dir| PROJ.libs << dir if test ?d, dir}
+
+# Setup some constants
+WIN32 = %r/djgpp|(cyg|ms|bcc)win|mingw/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM unless defined? WIN32
+
+DEV_NULL = WIN32 ? 'NUL:' : '/dev/null'
+
+def quiet( &block )
+  io = [STDOUT.dup, STDERR.dup]
+  STDOUT.reopen DEV_NULL
+  STDERR.reopen DEV_NULL
+  block.call
+ensure
+  STDOUT.reopen io.first
+  STDERR.reopen io.last
+  $stdout, $stderr = STDOUT, STDERR
+end
+
+DIFF = if WIN32 then 'diff.exe'
+       else
+         if quiet {system "gdiff", __FILE__, __FILE__} then 'gdiff'
+         else 'diff' end
+       end unless defined? DIFF
+
+SUDO = if WIN32 then ''
+       else
+         if quiet {system 'which sudo'} then 'sudo'
+         else '' end
+       end
+
+RCOV = WIN32 ? 'rcov.bat' : 'rcov'
+RDOC = WIN32 ? 'rdoc.bat' : 'rdoc'
+GEM  = WIN32 ? 'gem.bat'  : 'gem'
+
+%w(rcov spec/rake/spectask rubyforge bones facets/ansicode).each do |lib|
+  begin
+    require lib
+    Object.instance_eval {const_set "HAVE_#{lib.tr('/','_').upcase}", true}
+  rescue LoadError
+    Object.instance_eval {const_set "HAVE_#{lib.tr('/','_').upcase}", false}
+  end
+end
+HAVE_SVN = (Dir.entries(Dir.pwd).include?('.svn') and
+            system("svn --version 2>&1 > #{DEV_NULL}"))
+HAVE_GIT = (Dir.entries(Dir.pwd).include?('.git') and
+            system("git --version 2>&1 > #{DEV_NULL}"))
+
+# Add bones as a development dependency
+#
+if HAVE_BONES
+  PROJ.gem.development_dependencies << ['bones', ">= #{Bones::VERSION}"]
+end
+
+# Reads a file at +path+ and spits out an array of the +paragraphs+
+# specified.
+#
+#    changes = paragraphs_of('History.txt', 0..1).join("\n\n")
+#    summary, *description = paragraphs_of('README.txt', 3, 3..8)
+#
+def paragraphs_of( path, *paragraphs )
+  title = String === paragraphs.first ? paragraphs.shift : nil
+  ary = File.read(path).delete("\r").split(/\n\n+/)
+
+  result = if title
+    tmp, matching = [], false
+    rgxp = %r/^=+\s*#{Regexp.escape(title)}/i
+    paragraphs << (0..-1) if paragraphs.empty?
+
+    ary.each do |val|
+      if val =~ rgxp
+        break if matching
+        matching = true
+        rgxp = %r/^=+/i
+      elsif matching
+        tmp << val
+      end
+    end
+    tmp
+  else ary end
+
+  result.values_at(*paragraphs)
+end
+
+# Adds the given gem _name_ to the current project's dependency list. An
+# optional gem _version_ can be given. If omitted, the newest gem version
+# will be used.
+#
+def depend_on( name, version = nil )
+  spec = Gem.source_index.find_name(name).last
+  version = spec.version.to_s if version.nil? and !spec.nil?
+
+  PROJ.gem.dependencies << case version
+    when nil; [name]
+    when %r/^\d/; [name, ">= #{version}"]
+    else [name, version] end
+end
+
+# Adds the given arguments to the include path if they are not already there
+#
+def ensure_in_path( *args )
+  args.each do |path|
+    path = File.expand_path(path)
+    $:.unshift(path) if test(?d, path) and not $:.include?(path)
+  end
+end
+
+# Find a rake task using the task name and remove any description text. This
+# will prevent the task from being displayed in the list of available tasks.
+#
+def remove_desc_for_task( names )
+  Array(names).each do |task_name|
+    task = Rake.application.tasks.find {|t| t.name == task_name}
+    next if task.nil?
+    task.instance_variable_set :@comment, nil
+  end
+end
+
+# Change working directories to _dir_, call the _block_ of code, and then
+# change back to the original working directory (the current directory when
+# this method was called).
+#
+def in_directory( dir, &block )
+  curdir = pwd
+  begin
+    cd dir
+    return block.call
+  ensure
+    cd curdir
+  end
+end
+
+# Scans the current working directory and creates a list of files that are
+# candidates to be in the manifest.
+#
+def manifest_files
+  files = []
+  exclude = Regexp.new(PROJ.exclude.join('|'))
+  Find.find '.' do |path|
+    path.sub! %r/^(\.\/|\/)/o, ''
+    next unless test ?f, path
+    next if path =~ exclude
+    files << path
+  end
+  files.sort!
+end
+
+# We need a "valid" method thtat determines if a string is suitable for use
+# in the gem specification.
+#
+class Object
+  def valid?
+    return !(self.empty? or self == "\000") if self.respond_to?(:to_str)
+    return false
+  end
+end
+
+# EOF