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

[Jeremy Lavergne]

> 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?

Make a ticket and attach the patch there:
http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets