Maybe this has already been discussed, so my apologies, but just wanted to talk about plugins on Heroku. :)
As plugins are upgraded by their authors, how will we be able to install the upgraded plugins? Currently, we have to upload a tar of the plugin. Not a big deal but it would be nice if in the distant future to be able to specify a version for a particular plugin. Outside of the gems that require code extensions, it seems like the Heroku plugins/gems are currently a convenience feature? Or do I have this wrong? For instance, I uploaded newer versions of plugins to my app because the versions available on Heroku have bugs that the authors have fixed (in my case: ar_fixtures, betternestedset, and has_many_polymorphs -- see below). Regarding gems, when we install them in our apps, is there a danger that they will be upgraded without our knowing about it? Or is the version we install a copy and not a reference? What's the benefit of gems over plugins. Sorry for all the questions. Thanks for any suggestions! Kevin These are the trouble plugins I stumbled across in my app: ar_fixtures: load_from_file does not yield to user-supplied block betternestedset: InstanceMethod#before_filter does not correctly set the user-supplied :scope to the :conditions key has_many_polymorphs: autoload references the polymorphs before they have been loaded acts_as_state_machine: references RailsStudio and contains the svn repository instead of just the branch acl_system has been upgraded to acl_system2 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
