[DRE-maint] Bug#448639: Bug#448639: Taking this to the CTTE?

[Gunnar Wolf]

Tollef Fog Heen dijo [Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 09:31:03PM +0200]:
> 
> using /var/lib/gems is really quite annoying, and I have meant to write
> something along the lines of what Clint Byrum wrote a few messages ago.
> Sure, using /usr/local isn't ideal, but that's a choice that's up to the
> local system administrator; what you're effectively doing is just
> forcing people to jump through a hoop and having to add
> /var/lib/gems/bin to the default path, which is really quite silly.  The
> lack of consistency with what CPAN does is also annoying as we're making
> a distribution, not just packaging a bunch of software.

FWIW, I agree we should move Gems to /usr/local - It is the place
meant for local-administrator-installed software, and Gems are clearly
not provided by Debian.

> So, please, please change this.  If you don't want to change this, I'll
> take this to the CTTE so they can rule on this.

I'll just join Lucas and ask you not to get over-excited by this. We
are currently in a freeze period, so deep changes are discouraged -
yes, even if we are (subtly IMHO) breaking the FHS. And, in any case,
feel free to push your point, but first on the list, having a
reasonable discussion period.

I would rather see Squeeze ship with Rubygems as they are now. Doing
this change will involve changing Ruby's load path, and that is not
precisely what I'd call a minor change.