config.gem in environment.rb to allow no-rdoc and no-ri options

There's a pretty easy way to solve this problem via a ~/.gemrc or /etc/gemrc file.

Output from "gem help env":

The RubyGems environment can be controlled through command line arguments,
gemrc files, environment variables and built-in defaults.

Command line argument defaults and some RubyGems defaults can be set in
~/.gemrc file for individual users and a /etc/gemrc for all users.  A gemrc
is a YAML file with the following YAML keys:

  :sources: A YAML array of remote gem repositories to install gems from
  :verbose: Verbosity of the gem command.  false, true, and :really are the
            levels
  :update_sources: Enable/disable automatic updating of repository metadata
  :backtrace: Print backtrace when RubyGems encounters an error
  :bulk_threshold: Switch to a bulk update when this many sources are out of
                   date (legacy setting)
  :gempath: The paths in which to look for gems
  gem_command: A string containing arguments for the specified gem command

Example:

  :verbose: false
  install: --no-wrappers
  update: --no-wrappers

True. I was just submitting this ticket to see whether the community likes to make config.gem easier to use and consistent with command-line options. Having to set up a .gemrc for each new machine to deploy on violates DRY ;)

Hmm...I guess it depends on how you look at it. If you are setting up several Rails apps on the same server, it's a different story. I suppose it might be nice to have the option to specify it in the env file. Submit a patch, and I'll check it out.

Yes, several apps on one machine would be quite OK with just having .gemrc set up. Sure, if no one gets to this these days first, I will submit a patch for this quick enhancement and ping you here. Thanks!