adding a task to generate gems, and a conditional to the gemspec for …

…windows machines

Rakefile

@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ task :install_bundles do
   end
 end
 
+namespace :gem do
+  desc "build gems for deployment to rubygems.org"
+  task :build do
+    sh "rm -f spork-*.gem"
+    sh "gem build spork.gemspec"
+    sh "env PLATFORM=x86-mingw32 gem build spork.gemspec"
+    sh "env PLATFORM=x86-mswin32 gem build spork.gemspec"
+  end
+
+  task :push do
+    Dir["spork-*.gem"].each do |g|
+      sh "gem push #{g}"
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 # PENDING: Get this to work with gem bundler
 # desc "Test all supported versions of rails"
 # task :test_rails do

spork.gemspec

@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.summary = %q{spork}
   s.test_files = Dir["features/**/*"] + Dir["spec/**/*"]
 
+  case ENV['PLATFORM']
+  when NilClass
+  when "x86-mingw32", "x86-mswin32"
+    s.platform = ENV['PLATFORM']
+    s.add_dependency('win32-process')
+  else
+    STDERR.puts "Warning: no customization for #{ENV['PLATFORM']}"
+  end
+
   if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
     current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
     s.specification_version = 3