ruby gems, use ports or not?

[Parv]

in message <8C9FFBDC-CBB8-4844-8534-FC5435BB5BB3 at khera.org>,
wrote Vivek Khera thusly...
>
> 
> either install everything ...  by hand or everything using your
> package management system of choice.  Anything else will
> eventually end up causing you confusion and difficulty in
> upgrades.
> 
> It is for this very reason that I've been submitting quite a
> number  of perl library ports rather than just using the CPAN
> install of  them, which would have been easier short-term.

I much appreciate your porting efforts.


  - Parv

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