[weavejester]

If these non-programmers are using Git and adding Gemfiles and such, is adding a dozen line gemspec to the repository that big a deal? And if it is, couldn't you fill out most of the gemspec automatically using a command line script?

[jarrodtaylor]

None of that would be particularly difficult. And nothing here is stopping that from happening, or replacing it. It's just another, fairly simple way, to organize and share code.