From: Chad Fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2004-10-16T00:21:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Eating sandwiches in the park

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:54:15 +0900, Eivind Eklund <eeklund@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:59:06 +0900, Michael DeHaan
> > (now if we could only get something as good as CPAN in the core...but
> > that's another story...)
> 
> I think we need something BETTER than CPAN for Ruby.  I consider CPAN
> to have serious issues with code maintenance, and have never really
> been a fan of it (though I *do* like a number of aspects of it).
> 

Same here with RubyGems (http://rubygems.rubyforge.org).  We've never
set CPAN as a target.  Nothing _against_ CPAN, but if you're starting
from scratch, you might as well set your sites higher.

Chad