Devin Mullins ha scritto:
> Kevin Brown wrote:
> 
>> but this is very contrary to the fact that once you download the .deb 
>> package, you HAVE the software and that's IT.
>>
> Ah. Well, err, to qualify my previous post, couldn't the .deb just 
> include the .gem(s) inside, and then call `gem install thegem(s)`?

no, since gems make layout assumptions that do not match the debian 
policy (nor the policy of most package systems on *nix, it seem).
Anyway, there was a huge thread on this on ruby-core that people may 
like to read, since some of this.

I have faith in the rubygems dev crew, anyway, so that the problems can 
be addressed before merging it in ruby's HEAD.