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The same thing happened to Gentoo. I talked to the people behind Ruby packages in Gentoo and they wanted to manually create packages for each gem. It is one of
by thmzlt 16y ago
The same thing happened to Gentoo. I talked to the people behind Ruby packages in Gentoo and they wanted to manually create packages for each gem. It is one of the main reasons why I gave up on Gentoo and went back to Arch Linux.
I see gems as just snippets of code instead of "real" OS packages. They change a lot, they are application specific, and (most of the time) they are simple.
- davidw 16y ago> I see gems as just snippets of code instead of "real" OS packages. They change a lot, they are application specific, and (most of the time) they are simple. And, like me, if you're using Rails, they are code that is visible to the outside world. That is code that you want to make sure is secure, and is not just some minor detail.