On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Aaron Broad <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The argument for the gem is that any improvements in security/bug > fixes will be automatically included in your application if you > continue to update your gems. The argument for the plugin is any > changes in the gem won't break your code that was already working if > you don't update your plugin. > > This isn't 100% true because I can call-out the version to use within my environment.rb file. For example, config.gem "sqlite3-ruby", :lib => "sqlite3", :version => "1.2.5" Now, I can 'gem update' without causing issues for my application. The bundler gem will replace the above in Rails 3. For now, this has worked great in development and production. -Conrad > I would use the updating gem in development. And a frozen plugin in > deployed app. > > On Oct 18, 1:43 pm, Hassan Schroeder <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Trying out Authlogic for the first time -- somewhere, can't find it now > > of course :-) I saw a recommendation to use the plugin form, but the > > Ryan Bates railscast recommends the gem (without explanation). > > > > Comments or recommendations? > > > > TIA, > > -- > > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] > > twitter: @hassan > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
