> I disagree. The speed is definitely a big part of the problem, but there is also space to consider. Yes, drives are big and space is cheap (relative to many o

> I disagree. The speed is definitely a big part of the problem, but there is also space to consider. Yes, drives are big and space is cheap (relative to many other things), but it's not nothing, and on a production system, there is zero reason to have the docs take up space. “Production system” isn't the default. Given improved speed, you can --no-doc it on your production systems. > Additionally, now that we all use bundles, gemsets and who-knows-what to isolate and manage gems, we get massive, massive duplication. See for example, the output of this gist: https://gist.github.com/834302* https://gist.github.com/834302* Choosing to use external tools that behave poorly with Gems isn't without its tradeoffs, nor germane to this.