[DRE-maint] Bug#448639: rubygems: please install gems in /usr/local/lib/gems/1.8

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Package: rubygems
Version: 0.9.4-4
Severity: minor

Hi,

I thought a lot about the gem issues. I think that we should do the
following:

install gems in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 (instead of
/var/lib/gems/1.8), and put binaries in /usr/local/bin (instead of
/usr/bin).

provide an option to install gems in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8. This could
be used by gem packaged as debian packages. (their binaries would then
go to /usr/bin)

What was the reason to install gems to /var/lib/gems in the first place?

Thank you,
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