Comment 7 for bug 706603

Stefan, there is no semantic difference between a gem and a deb package. It's just a difference of implementation details. From users point of view they both install, remove and upgrade things. By making both play well with each other you improve the user experience. That said, I agree that the connector idea is a separate topic.

While I agree there is a problem it's not a simple problem to solve. The discussion on installing to /usr/local seems to have stalled. There are security concerns with installing things with gem/pip and other similar programs with a way to override something on the default path. What is interesting (and quite worth discussing) is why pip can do it but gem cannot. Is pip any more secure than gem today?