From: Matt Lawrence <matt@...>
Date: 2004-09-27T07:31:31+09:00
Subject: Re: RPM of Ruby 1.8.x

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Markus wrote:

>     If all else fails, it's dirt simple to install from source,
> generally nothing more than:
>
> ./configure
> make
> sudo make install

Yeah, but I have another 16 systems that are scheduled to be installed.

Package managers are my friend.

And, yes, I've made this argument before.  The vast majority of folks here 
are incredibly talented developers.  However, managing production systems 
requires a different set of priorities.

-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts, it's what I can remember in time to use.