Any interest in "relative" (--enable-load-relative) variant for Ruby?

[Kevin Walzer]

I have been trying to use MacPorts Ruby as the basis for deploying a 
standalone Ruby-Tk app on Mavericks, just as many developers use 
MacPorts Python (with PyQt, for instance). This was not working for me 
because Ruby hard-codes its load path when built, so the binary and 
dylibs could not be relocated into an app bundle using install_name_tool.

After doing some additional research, I found the --enable-load-relative 
flag, which removes hard-coding of the load path and instead allows 
loading of the libraries relative to the Ruby installation. After 
editing my portfile and doing some more jiggering, I was able to 
relocate my build of Ruby into an app bundle without too much difficult.

Is there any interest in supporting a "relative" variant for Ruby? The 
portfile edit is trivial, cf below:

variant relative description "Enable relative loading of libraries to 
allow for relocation of binaries." {
         #enable relative loading
         configure.args-append  --enable-load-relative
}

This might open up Ruby as a continued language for desktop development 
on the Mac in the wake of MacRuby's demise on Mavericks. I've seen some 
interest among Ruby developers on other platforms who want to port their 
Ruby app to the Mac, but the lack of deployment tools is a hindrance. 
While I'm not going to go as far as creating a "rb2app" tool, I will 
likely post a "how-to" article with some sample code and build scripts.

How should I submit a variant patch?

--Kevin

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