From: Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@...>
Date: 2006-09-02T05:22:26+09:00
Subject: Re: One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released

On 9/1/06, Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/1/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
> >
> > While we're on the subject of One-click and Instant Rails, Curt ... is
> > there some reason there are two projects and not just one? I know
> > Instant Rails includes MySQL and Apache and carries an older version of
> > Ruby, but couldn't there just be one project -- "Instant Rails" -- with
> > the same version of Ruby and options to install MySQL, Apache, Rails,
> > FreeRide, Scite, etc.? Am I shooting myself in the foot by installing
> > them both?
>
> The Ruby in Instant Rails *is* the current version of the One-Click
> Installer... well, it was until I made this 1.8.5 release. The only
> reason I haven't yet released an updated Instant Rails is that I am
> currently in the middle to changes to move IR from using SCGI to use
> Mongrel through mod_proxy. When that work is done there will be a new
> release and it will, once again, be the current version of the OCI.

I didn't answer your other questions...

You can install both IR and OCI. Whether or not this makes sense
really depends on what you do with Ruby. With OCI, you get things like
start menu entries and filetype associations. At some point we'll
implement an IR command that will create these same registry entries
on request.

If you install both, you might need to remember to install extensions
and RubyGems in both copies of Ruby (unless you specifically wanted a
particular package only in one of them).