On average, how long does it take for Debian to package new versions of rubygem packages (assume the package doesn't have C code) into their package system? Is it more like weeks, months or years?
A:
The vast majority of gems don't make it into Debian's package repository at all.
There is a Ruby packaging team that is moderately active. My unscientific estimate is that the gems that do make it in are generally updated within a couple of week to a couple of months.
This is unstable of course, it takes a bit longer for the new packages to filter up to testing.
James Healy
2009-07-11 16:02:40