From: Suraj Kurapati <sunaku@...>
Date: 2010-04-23T03:14:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposing a Ruby Packaging Standard

Thomas Sawyer wrote:
> I feel that the FHS has become largely arcane. If I had
> my druthers I'd much rather see the Ruby community make a concerted
> motion toward throwing setup.rb/FHS support right out on it's arse.

Hurray!  Well said.  +1  :-)

> As far as shared data and configuration goes, btw, when it is needed,
> the XDG directory standard offers a much better approach.

Here's a link about XDG-DS in Ruby context for lazy people like myself:

   http://xdg.rubyforge.org/

Cheers.
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