From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2007-11-28T13:46:14+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGems 0.9.5

On Nov 23, 2007, at 07:10 AM, Ken Bloom wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:28:03 -0500, Austin Ziegler wrote:
>> Fact set two: Debian (1) modified RubyGems; (2) didn't submit any
>> patches; (3) made a particularly stupid modification; and (4)  
>> provided
>> nothing to help users upgrade RubyGems externally of the Debian
>> packages.
>
> If you think that being able to upgrade RubyGems externally of the  
> Debian
> packages is a good thing, then you don't understand the philosophy  
> of a
> Linux package manager, and you deserve whatever breakage results from
> your stubborn insistence on flouting the package manager.
>
> gem update --system should be removed from distribution-provided  
> packages.

I agree.

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