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by eric_h 3084 days ago
From http://help.rubygems.org/kb/gemcutter/removing-a-published-r...:

> Once you've yanked all versions of a gem, anyone can push onto that same gem namespace and effectively take it over. This way, we kind of automate the process of taking over old gem namespaces.

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There are also people requesting that this be changed: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/1226
So basically--gem bundler beware?
Thank you Eric.