From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2007-10-21T19:51:10+09:00
Subject: Re: installing ruby on ubuntu GNU/Linux

Devi Web Development wrote:
> The main reason I am asking is I read somewhere that the performance of
> Firefox is different in the packages versus building it yourself.
That applies to Ruby too.  I forget the precise stats, but self-compiled 
Ruby is significantly faster than the packaged version (it's the 
--enable-pthreads flag that does it, IIRC).  Ubuntu has also been known 
to package broken gems in the past, and the packagers can't/shouldn't 
have to /don't bother keeping up with the latest releases.  You'll avoid 
the most problems if you do it all yourself.

-- 
Alex