[Bio-packaging] Ruby support in GNU Guix

[Ricardo Wurmus]

> If I may change the subject slightly, I'm curious about your work on
> Nokogiri.  I haven't yet figured out how to build a gem that has the
> native extensions packed within.  We must avoid the normal rubygem
> method of building the native extensions upon installation.  Do you know
> how to do this?

Why do we need to avoid this?  Python packages do just the same, don't
they?  Everything happens during the install phase there, including
building any libraries/bindings.