From: snacktime <snacktime@...>
Date: 2005-11-09T08:04:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Instant Rails -- Are You Using it?

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On 11/7/05, Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Its been a little over three weeks since I released the first preview
> of Instant Rails. In that time there have been over 3,000 downloads,
> but very little little feedback.
>
> This tells me either that it is not being used (which would be bad) or
> that it is being used but no one is having any significant problems
> (which would be very good). So, if you are using it, but are just not
> having any problems, I'd like to here from you just to get that
> feedback.
>


I would love to give it a shot but it's windows only. Something like Instan=
t
Rails would be awsome for packaging with existing rails apps. A great way t=
o
distribute software that you can pretty much just unzip and run anywhere.
One thing I found out fairly quickly is that your typical linux user isn't
going to have all the bits and pieces that rails needs, such as fastcgi or
scgi. Webrick is way too unstable. Application bugs can cause webrick to
just die quite often, and what good is a webserver that absolutely requires
no bugs in your application before it will run without crashing?

Chris

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