Trying to separate out the process that submits jobs from the process that executes them. Under 1.8.7, the Worker doesn't pick up the job submitted by the 'run' case: the join() command just waits.

separate_worker.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'ruote'   # 2.3.0.2
require 'ruote/storage/fs_storage'

def get_storage
  Ruote::FsStorage.new("ruote_issue_work")
end

class MyParticipant < Ruote::Participant

  def on_workitem
    puts "#{self.class} pid=#{$$} saw workitem for #{workitem.participant_name}, workflow_type=#{f.workflow_type}"
    reply
  end
end

def launch
  ruote = Ruote::Dashboard.new( get_storage )
  ruote.noisy = (ENV['NOISY'] == 'true')

  ruote.register do
    participant 'alpha', MyParticipant
    catchall MyParticipant
  end

  pdef =
    Ruote.define do
    alpha
    bravo
  end

  wfid = ruote.launch(pdef)
  puts "submitted #{wfid}"
  ruote.join
end

case ARGV[0]
when "run"
  ruote = Ruote::Dashboard.new(Ruote::Worker.new( get_storage ))
  puts "waiting for task to complete"
  ruote.join
  puts "exiting worker"
  exit!
when "launch"
  launch
  puts "exiting Dashboard/launch command"
  exit!
end