i think peter is aware of this.
he was answering explicitely on my statement that linux distribution
packages are superiour to what deken can offer, and so you should use
your distro's packages whenever possible.
to quote myself:
 > I do advise Linux people to just build Gem themselves (or use a
 > distribution that offers packages for Gem's git snapshots)

If it works, it works. Superiority is just another way word for harmony,, where harmony means many things, but at least it means that the package was built against libraries that were tested. And that means it is slightly less utopian to believe it will work rather than having it not tested at all.