> I think you're under a mistaken view of what OS distro packages exist for. The "system ruby" and other such packages aren't for end-user (or developer) consum

> I think you're under a mistaken view of what OS distro packages exist for. The "system ruby" and other such packages aren't for end-user (or developer) consumption; they exist for the sake of other system packages, in case a piece of system software needs to run some Ruby code. Read the conversation thread. Original parent (and many of his respondents) are explicitly complaining about secondary package managers, and that distributing any software, not just "system software" via any mechanism other than the distro-specific package management system is "for chumps". I completely agree that most application software should be distributed via some method "above" the system-specific page infrastructure. I'm attempting to explain to people who don't agree with that just why their Apt-Get Uber Alles desire fails in practice.