For those of you who remember the days when finding open source software was like finding a 3/4" needle in a stack of 1" needles then you'll appreciate how far we've come. I remember trying to install KDE, or MPlayer, or any sort of great open source program only to be greated by yee ole cannot install message because the application required xxx.3.2-gcc.2.xxxxx ...blah..blah...blah.
I have to give congrats to the Ruby/Rails community for making it simple to find what users need. If a program says it needs xxx-1.4.x-whatever it's only a google away. Not only is it simple to find, it's that fact that 99%(a close approximation) of all contributors post their packages as gems. "TOO-SHEA"
The open source community has come a long way but still has far to go. Sure Apple is almost perfect with packages that you can actually uninstall(not that it's open source anymore but hell...it's unix), but what for the rest of the open source world, people could learn a lesson from the Ruby/Rails community. PACKAGE=LOVE
Cheers
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