thomaspowell_powells_control_gem 0.1.0

checksums.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+SHA256:
+  metadata.gz: 4fa04f6a8347402b1c9fa182e8cddaa3e88d8fb865cf2655bf9ff52832d5e45a
+  data.tar.gz: f2de1e812f96b6f3221be9aee5eae3e0444735cf871f534028b50bbc031ae5f7
+SHA512:
+  metadata.gz: c6255bc13424e8fac5cb00c07b88d64f8d527d47d3b4057b4ce0549e48fa523526614c241a5bb7d236030769774f0f3a28b531468928e7474aa640f76e1d3a97
+  data.tar.gz: b46f4ece8480965497422c64e9210b00a776a4bca124f7bddbcf700ef44f38af438e212d450bbd0e33898c4083a71082fac6d8a09927934d7ab0b86d17aa892d

data/LICENSE.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Thomas Powell
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

data/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+
+> ⚠️ **This gem does nothing.** It is a control/baseline, not a tool. See below.
+
+## What this actually is
+
+`thomaspowell_powells_control_gem` has no real functionality. It was published
+purely to answer a curiosity question: **how many downloads does a gem get by
+default** -- with no README-driven traffic, no promotion, no advertised use
+case, no real users -- just from bots, mirrors, CI runners, dependency
+scanners, and whatever else pings RubyGems in the background?
+
+This gem is that baseline measurement. It's a control group. If you're
+comparing "how popular is my gem," this is the number you'd get with zero
+effort, zero marketing, and zero legitimate reason for anyone to install it.
+
+**You should not add this as a dependency.** There is nothing here for your
+project to use.
+
+## Installation
+
+If you really want to install it anyway (again: it does nothing useful):
+
+```bash
+gem install thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+```
+
+Or in a Gemfile:
+
+```ruby
+gem "thomaspowell_powells_control_gem"
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Installing the gem provides one executable, which prints an explanation of
+what this gem is (this same README, essentially) and exits:
+
+```bash
+$ thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+thomaspowell_powells_control_gem is a control/baseline gem.
+
+It has no functionality. It was published only to measure how many
+downloads a gem accumulates by default -- with no README-driven
+traffic, no promotion, and no real users -- as a baseline against
+Thomas Powell's other gems.
+
+You almost certainly do not want to depend on this in real code.
+```
+
+There is also a `ThomaspowellPowellsControlGem.explain` method if you require
+the library directly, but again -- there's nothing else here.
+
+## Why does this exist?
+
+Download counts on RubyGems are often quoted as a signal of a gem's
+popularity or usefulness. This gem exists to sanity-check that signal: it's
+what "popularity" looks like for something nobody actually needs.
+
+## License
+
+The gem is available as open source under the terms of the
+[MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

data/exe/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "thomaspowell_powells_control_gem"
+
+# NOTE: This executable is intentionally a no-op aside from printing the
+# explanation below. This whole gem is a control/baseline: it exists only to
+# see how many downloads a gem gets with zero marketing and zero real
+# functionality. If you were expecting this command to *do* something,
+# that's the point -- it doesn't, on purpose.
+puts ThomaspowellPowellsControlGem.explain

data/lib/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem/version.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module ThomaspowellPowellsControlGem
+  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+end

data/lib/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative "thomaspowell_powells_control_gem/version"
+
+# This gem does not do anything useful. It exists to answer one question:
+# "if I publish a gem to RubyGems and never advertise it, how many downloads
+# does it rack up anyway?" (from bots, mirrors, CI caches, dependency
+# scanners, etc.) It is a control/baseline measurement, not a tool.
+#
+# See README.md for the full explanation.
+module ThomaspowellPowellsControlGem
+  class Error < StandardError; end
+
+  # Returns the explanation printed by the `thomaspowell_powells_control_gem`
+  # executable. Exposed as a method mostly so this module does *something*
+  # when required.
+  def self.explain
+    <<~TEXT
+      thomaspowell_powells_control_gem is a control/baseline gem.
+
+      It has no functionality. It was published only to measure how many
+      downloads a gem accumulates by default -- with no README-driven
+      traffic, no promotion, and no real users -- as a baseline against
+      Thomas Powell's other gems.
+
+      You almost certainly do not want to depend on this in real code.
+    TEXT
+  end
+end

data/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem.gemspec

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative "lib/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name = "thomaspowell_powells_control_gem"
+  spec.version = ThomaspowellPowellsControlGem::VERSION
+  spec.authors = ["Thomas Powell"]
+  spec.email = ["twilliampowell@gmail.com"]
+
+  spec.summary = "A do-nothing control gem, published only to measure default RubyGems download counts."
+  spec.description = <<~DESC
+    thomaspowell_powells_control_gem has no real functionality. It exists purely
+    as a control/baseline: to see how many downloads a gem accumulates by
+    default (bots, mirrors, CI, dependency scanners, etc.) with no README-driven
+    traffic and no promotion, as a comparison point for Thomas Powell's other,
+    real gems. Do not depend on this in production code.
+  DESC
+  spec.homepage = "https://rubygems.org/gems/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem"
+  spec.license = "MIT"
+  spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 3.0.0"
+
+  spec.metadata["homepage_uri"] = spec.homepage
+  spec.metadata["source_code_uri"] = spec.homepage
+
+  spec.files = Dir.chdir(__dir__) do
+    `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject do |f|
+      (File.expand_path(f) == __FILE__) ||
+        f.start_with?(*%w[bin/ test/ spec/ features/ .git .github appveyor Gemfile])
+    end
+  end
+  spec.bindir = "exe"
+  spec.executables = spec.files.grep(%r{\Aexe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
+  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+end

metadata

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Thomas Powell
+autorequire:
+bindir: exe
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2026-08-27 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: |
+  thomaspowell_powells_control_gem has no real functionality. It exists purely
+  as a control/baseline: to see how many downloads a gem accumulates by
+  default (bots, mirrors, CI, dependency scanners, etc.) with no README-driven
+  traffic and no promotion, as a comparison point for Thomas Powell's other,
+  real gems. Do not depend on this in production code.
+email:
+- twilliampowell@gmail.com
+executables:
+- thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- LICENSE.txt
+- README.md
+- exe/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+- lib/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem.rb
+- lib/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem/version.rb
+- thomaspowell_powells_control_gem.gemspec
+homepage: https://rubygems.org/gems/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+licenses:
+- MIT
+metadata:
+  homepage_uri: https://rubygems.org/gems/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+  source_code_uri: https://rubygems.org/gems/thomaspowell_powells_control_gem
+post_install_message:
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: 3.0.0
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubygems_version: 3.4.10
+signing_key:
+specification_version: 4
+summary: A do-nothing control gem, published only to measure default RubyGems download
+  counts.
+test_files: []