From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-09-23T11:09:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Would people use a rubyforge apt-get repository?

Iain D Broadfoot wrote:
> John Turner said something:
>> It bugs me a little that I'm installing ruby packages into two different 
>> locations using two different package managers.
> 
> One solution would be to use alien:
> http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien.html
> As far as I can tell, all that would be required is for someone to write
> an Alien::Package::Gem perl file.
> 
> iain
> 
> 
> 
People who run Debian or derivatives of Debian might. I guess us 
Gentooists would prefer a utility to automate production of ebuilds from 
gems, since quite a few gems are already in Portage.