ABOUT THIS GEM =============== RightScale hasn't pushed a new gem for neither right_aws nor right_http_connection since April 2010 and February 2009. However, there aresome important fixes the HEAD available on Github. I need these fixes and don't want to point my gemfile at a Github repo that can change on me. So I just build and push the gem myself. =============== README FROM ORIGINAL REPO ========================== RightScale::HttpConnection by RightScale, Inc. www.RightScale.com == DESCRIPTION: Rightscale::HttpConnection is a robust HTTP/S library. It implements a retry algorithm for low-level network errors. == FEATURES: - provides put/get streaming - does configurable retries on connect and read timeouts, DNS failures, etc. - HTTPS certificate checking == SYNOPSIS: == REQUIREMENTS: - 2/11/08: If you use RightScale::HttpConnection in conjunction with attachment_fu, the HttpConnection gem must be included (using the require statement) AFTER attachment_fu. This is due to a conflict between the HttpConnection gem and another gem required by attachment_fu. == INSTALL: sudo gem install right_http_connection == LICENSE: Copyright (c) 2007-2008 RightScale, Inc. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.