From: James Tucker <jftucker@...>
Date: 2010-08-21T02:11:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:31801] Re: [Bug #3726] require degradation from 1.9.1

This isn't degradation, it's actually correct behaviour. RubyGems can be (and will be) optimised over time, but the old performance was reliant on very incorrect semantics that are not acceptable for production use.