# \[ANN\] Rails 1.2.4: Maintenance release

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release/116400>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 5, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release/116400 "2007-10-05T06:47:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DHH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@DHH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DHH)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release/116400/1 "2007-10-05T06:47:54Z")

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The last stop before Rails 2.0 has gone live. Get your Rails 1.2.4  
maintenance goodness and have those deprecations taken care of before  
you head for two-oh-oh land. Read more at  
[Ruby on Rails — Rails 1.2.4: Maintenance release](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release).

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**Author:** ![DHH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@DHH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DHH)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release/116400/2 "2007-10-05T08:09:12Z")

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Hi

Great news !

BTW, how I back up 1.2.3 just in case 1.2.4 given that I am already  
into production ?

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**Author:** ![DHH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@DHH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DHH)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release/116400/3 "2007-10-05T08:09:47Z")

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Hi

Great news !

BTW, how can I back up 1.2.3 just in case 1.2.4 bombs given that I am  
already  
into production ?

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**Author:** ![DHH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@DHH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DHH)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release/116400/4 "2007-10-05T09:46:19Z")

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On Oct 5, 2007, at 2:08 AM, CCH wrote:

> BTW, how I back up 1.2.3 just in case 1.2.4 given that I am already  
> into production ?

keep a local copy of the gems? don’t ‘gem cleanup’?

-faisal