His frustrations with getting the correct version of Python and Ruby packages is completely correct. I don't understand why OSX and Ubuntu still bundle a speci

His frustrations with getting the correct version of Python and Ruby packages is completely correct. I don't understand why OSX and Ubuntu still bundle a specific (usually old) version of languages to their operating system, and then we (as developers) need to wait until a new package is available for our operating system. Is there any other good way to decouple the package management of languages (Python, Ruby, Java, what have you) from the operating system? I've used homebrew (edit: and rvm/rbenv) and like it, but it's not an official product from Apple.