Can we reconsider the status of this ticket in light of the proposal on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgems-ruby/+bug/145267 ?
As I understand it, Neil Wilson patches Rubygems to link files into /usr/local/bin and uses the alternatives system to decide whether to load ruby1.9 or ruby1.8 gems (I may not understand this part). Many objections were raised about creating divergence between Debian and Ubuntu, and also an objection was raised about using alternatives as a Debian-only tool. There was also a complaint about the use of patching tool. Virtues of Neil Wilson's approach are that it avoids adding /var/rubygems/bin to the $PATH (by far the easiest approach IMO; I don't quite understand the objections myself). I can help with cleaning up his patch if his is considered a sound approach. -- -J. Method
