From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-09-23T07:00:59+09:00
Subject: Re: How fast does your Ruby run?

On 9/22/07, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists <tpo2@sourcepole.ch> wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2007, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> > One more strike against using Debian packaged Ruby!
>
> If I infer correctly it's rather one more strike against compiling with
> the "--enable-pthread" switch. So while it's yet another oportunity of
> Debian bashing I guess the more clever option would be to ask why
> "--enable-pthread" sucks so bad and whether ____Ubuntu____ (note that
> possibly Debian uses it too, I don't know) should switch it off...

I'm not bashing Debian in general, just the Debian approach to Ruby packaging.

In general I'm quite happy with Debian/Ubuntu, but not with deb packaged Ruby.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/