From: "David A. Black" Date: 2005-04-18T03:19:25+09:00 Subject: Re: All Quiet on the Western Front: Is Rails overshadowing Ruby? Hi -- On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Christian Neukirchen wrote: > "David A. Black" writes: > >> Hi -- >> >> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Christian Neukirchen wrote: >> >>> David Heinemeier Hansson writes: >>> >>>> Where RubyGems has made a big difference, I think, is for upgrading >>>> and trying out new versions of libraries you already have. So >>>> basically, it's the library versioning that, to me, is one of the >>>> biggest draws of RubyGems. >>> >>> Now, I didn't get too deep into Rails, but how would one practically >>> do that: Have several Rails projects, which all use different >>> versions of AR, AC etc...? >> >> Yes. You can specify version numbers in your configuration for each >> app, which is nice because it means you don't have to upgrade all your >> Rails apps as soon as a new version of Rails comes out. I've done >> this quite a lot (with the Ruby FAQ, RCRchive, etc.). > > And how is that a major advantage over linking to them in vendor/ ? I'm not claiming that it is. You can do whatever works for you and you're comfortable with. David -- David A. Black dblack@wobblini.net