That page explains why gems isn't included, and I have to agree that I prefer Debian's packaging to using yet another one. But the page doesn't explain why Ubuntu has a rails package that doesn't include active_record or initializer. Are there many people who use rails without active_record? Most of the rails docs I've seen start with it.
Would it be possible for the rails package to include these packages, so it would work for a typical rails project? Then some people might not even need gems
That page explains why gems isn't included, and I have to agree that I prefer Debian's packaging to using yet another one. But the page doesn't explain why Ubuntu has a rails package that doesn't include active_record or initializer. Are there many people who use rails without active_record? Most of the rails docs I've seen start with it.
Would it be possible for the rails package to include these packages, so it would work for a typical rails project? Then some people might not even need gems