If I had to guess, I would wager it's because it's expensive and hard. Plus there's the fortunate coincidence that - as far as I recall - rubygems has mostly Just Worked Fine, Thank You Very Much™ .
(I miss the days from when github also hosted a gem repository…)
Solving the authenticity problem alone is probably not fun – tho obviously there is much to be learned from CPAN. Given recent problems there will probably be enough political will to make this happen in the future, though.
(I miss the days from when github also hosted a gem repository…)
Solving the authenticity problem alone is probably not fun – tho obviously there is much to be learned from CPAN. Given recent problems there will probably be enough political will to make this happen in the future, though.