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But is that also true for previously github-hosted gems? Can I push a gem called 'why-hpricot' for example?

• rufo 17y ago
  Is there any reason you can't post a gem called why-hpricot to RubyForge and have it override GitHub? This doesn't seem like a new problem to me. If this concerns you, just edit the sources list of your .gemrc file manually and make sure RubyForge is at the top and Gemutter is at the bottom.
  • btucker 17y ago
    That's a very valid point since for most people gems.github.com comes after RubyForge in the source list. Oy... makes me think running 'gem install' without --source is just a bad idea.
• pjhyett 17y ago
  We added code at least a year ago to prevent people from building gems with the name of a gem already hosted on rubyforge. That being said, the rubygem library itself really needs some type of namespacing solution to solve the problem once and for all instead of requiring gem hosts to implement hacks like we did. Fortunately, I've heard rumblings that they may be working on something.