Gem Builder Feedback
Before today, when you pushed your gemspec to GitHub the only way you knew whether or not your gem built successfully is if it showed up on our server. Not…
Before today, when you pushed your gemspec to GitHub the only way you knew whether or not your gem built successfully is if it showed up on our server. Not optimal, we know.
Now, when your gem isn’t built properly we’ll send the repository owner a private message with the error. Something like this:

Hopefully this will help you debug your gem-building woes.
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