From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2010-03-18T17:10:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Recommended way to install Rubygems


On Mar 18, 2010, at 00:47 , Lucas Nussbaum wrote:

> Which parts of ruby which are currently split out would you like to see
> installed when the user installs ruby? For example, ruby ships a ruby
> emacs mode. Installing that would require adding a dependency on emacs,
> which doesn't sound reasonable.

That's a bullshit rationalization. All the other platforms install that file just fine. None of the installs fail if emacs isn't available.

Install everything. Make `ruby` work exactly as it works everywhere else. Anything less is a disservice to your own users.