THis still involves many steps for someone looking for a library or gem that already does what he is looking for.
1. Do a search on rubyforge/google etc
2. Go through list to see what has actually released code
3. Check isitruby.com to see if someone's commented on it
4. Test out and then comment on isitruby.
if it does not work, there could be other reasons as well as for example, a dependency not installing on my machine.
In fact that brings up another point. What if the given gem has more dependencies. I would have so much to test out just to know if it works on 1.9.
I would think it is best that the author declares he has tested it on 1.9 on a given OS. Then others can add their feedback whether it has worked on their OS etc.
if it does not work, there could be other reasons as well as for example, a dependency not installing on my machine.
In fact that brings up another point. What if the given gem has more dependencies. I would have so much to test out just to know if it works on 1.9.
I would think it is best that the author declares he has tested it on 1.9 on a given OS. Then others can add their feedback whether it has worked on their OS etc.