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So you're saying that using distro packages saves the sysadmin a lot of work because a lot of maintenance will be offloaded to the distro maintainers. Fair enou
by FooBarWidget 13y ago
So you're saying that using distro packages saves the sysadmin a lot of work because a lot of maintenance will be offloaded to the distro maintainers. Fair enough.
So what do you do if the specific Ruby version you need isn't packaged?
What's that I hear? Compile from source? How exactly is that any better than RVM? Every single piece of criticism you shouted against RVM applies just as much, if not MORE, to tarball compilation.
- alrs 13y agoYou fix your code so that it runs against distro-packaged Ruby.
- FooBarWidget 13y agoWhat if the distro-packaged Ruby contains a bug, and the distro does not provide an update? What if the distro only provides 1.9 but you need 2.0 features? It sure is easy to wave your hands and accuse people of being insane.