3rd party host, need to update?

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Hi,
I realize this is a stupid n00b question but I haven’t the time this
summer to dedicate towards learning Ruby, RoR, and Radiant that I was
hoping for; I’m hoping kind soul will answer my question instead.

If I use Dreamhost do I need to upgrade to 0.5.2 because of the RoR
security updates? Doesn’t Dreamhost install RoR?

Bonus question: What’s a good place to learn the ins and outs of SVN?
I’ve installed Radiant via SVN and I’d like to upgrade in that way too.

Thank you,
Erik M.

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Erik M. wrote:

I realize this is a stupid n00b question but I haven’t the time this
summer to dedicate towards learning Ruby, RoR, and Radiant that I was
hoping for; I’m hoping kind soul will answer my question instead.

If I use Dreamhost do I need to upgrade to 0.5.2 because of the RoR
security updates? Doesn’t Dreamhost install RoR?

If your not sure if Dreamhost is running patched versions of the old
Rails versions, I would highly recommend that you upgrade to 0.5.2.

Bonus question: What’s a good place to learn the ins and outs of SVN?
I’ve installed Radiant via SVN and I’d like to upgrade in that way too.

The best thing I’ve found is the Subversion book:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

It’s a bit verbose at times, but is a great reference manual.

–
John L.
http://wiseheartdesign.com

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Erik,

You shouldn’t be dependent on Dreamhost (or any other host’s) install
of rails as Radiant includes it in the vendor directory by default.
That’s a Good Thing and you should follow that practice no matter
where you host to be sure the environment doesn’t change out from
under you.

I do host at Dreamhost and am quite happy with it.

-Tom

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Erik M. wrote:

Thanks Tom and John for your help.

I just installed things according to the README and the development
page, would that imply that I’m using the Rails included with Radiant?

If you installed via Subversion, yes.

–
John L.
http://wiseheartdesign.com

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Thanks Tom and John for your help.

I just installed things according to the README and the development
page, would that imply that I’m using the Rails included with Radiant?

Thanks John for the link to the SVN handbook!

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Cool! Thanks!