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other reasons to hate gems (Score:1)
there is one relatively nice feature. running a local repo is as easy as typing gem server
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Might not be a good idea: http://blog.urth.org/2009/05/the-real-problem-with-dependencies.html [urth.org]
They can be run explicitly, though. And, they can be run after they're installed. I don't know how to do that with cpan.
You can add github as a gem source so it will automatically look there.
I repeat, you can add a source. And that's not an issue
Re:other reasons to hate gems (Score:1)
Might in fact be a better idea than so far thought [dagolden.com].
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