Should rexml be added as a dependancy

[reggieb]

I've just added the govspeak gem to a Rails 7.0.2.3 app in a Ruby 3.1.0 environment. On starting the app (via rails s) I got the error cannot load such file -- rexml/parsers/baseparser (LoadError) (backtrace below).

I was able to fix the problem by adding gem "rexml" to my Gemfile.

As it appears that rexml is a requirement for govspeak, should it be added to the gemspec dependencies?

/home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:15:in `require': cannot load such file -- rexml/parsers/baseparser (LoadError)
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:15:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/kramdown-1.10.0/lib/kramdown/parser/html.rb:10:in `<main>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/kramdown-1.10.0/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown/html.rb:10:in `<main>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/kramdown-1.10.0/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown/paragraph.rb:14:in `<main>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/kramdown-1.10.0/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown.rb:336:in `<class:Kramdown>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/kramdown-1.10.0/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown.rb:60:in `<module:Parser>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/kramdown-1.10.0/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown.rb:19:in `<module:Kramdown>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/kramdown-1.10.0/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown.rb:17:in `<main>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/govspeak-3.6.2/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown_with_automatic_external_links.rb:23:in `<module:Parser>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/govspeak-3.6.2/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown_with_automatic_external_links.rb:22:in `<module:Kramdown>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/govspeak-3.6.2/lib/kramdown/parser/kramdown_with_automatic_external_links.rb:4:in `<main>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/govspeak-3.6.2/lib/govspeak.rb:7:in `<main>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.1.0/lib/ruby/3.1.0/bundler/runtime.rb:60:in `block (2 levels) in require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.1.0/lib/ruby/3.1.0/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `each'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.1.0/lib/ruby/3.1.0/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `block in require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.1.0/lib/ruby/3.1.0/bundler/runtime.rb:44:in `each'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.1.0/lib/ruby/3.1.0/bundler/runtime.rb:44:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.1.0/lib/ruby/3.1.0/bundler.rb:176:in `require'
	from /home/rob/web/dfe/early-years-foundation-recovery/config/application.rb:19:in `<main>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/railties-7.0.2.3/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:137:in `block in perform'
	from <internal:kernel>:90:in `tap'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/railties-7.0.2.3/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:134:in `perform'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/thor-1.2.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/thor-1.2.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in `invoke_command'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/thor-1.2.1/lib/thor.rb:392:in `dispatch'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/railties-7.0.2.3/lib/rails/command/base.rb:87:in `perform'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/railties-7.0.2.3/lib/rails/command.rb:48:in `invoke'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/railties-7.0.2.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:18:in `<main>'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /home/rob/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.11.1/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from bin/rails:4:in `<main>'