From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2005-10-03T02:17:29+09:00
Subject: Re: why can't Ruby load .gem files directly?

gabriele renzi wrote:

> no, since gems make layout assumptions that do not match the debian 
> policy (nor the policy of most package systems on *nix, it seem).
> Anyway, there was a huge thread on this on ruby-core that people may 
> like to read, since some of this.

Yeah, I figured that I should just be not-lazy and go read ruby-core. :)

> I have faith in the rubygems dev crew, anyway, so that the problems 
> can be addressed before merging it in ruby's HEAD.

Ditto.

Joshua Haberman wrote:

> (References to documentation are fine, I just haven't been able to  
> find much information about how to to do these things). 

http://docs.rubygems.org/ :D

Devin