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 source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
+
+# Extra optional dependencies so it works better out of the box regardless of the runtime environment
+
+# Default Jekyll markdown parser it should already be installed
+gem "kramdown-parser-gfm"
+# Ruby 3.4.0 removed some standard libraries that Jekyll uses
+# Depending on the jekyll/ruby configuration it should be already installed
+gem "webrick"
+gem "csv"
+gem "base64"
+gem "bigdecimal"
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