# \[ANN\] Rails 2.0: Release Candidate 1

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-2-0-release-candidate-1/119751>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 9, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-2-0-release-candidate-1/119751 "2007-11-09T23:48:49Z")\
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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:** [November 9, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-2-0-release-candidate-1/119751/1 "2007-11-09T23:48:49Z")

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We’re almost there. Really this time.

> **[Rails 2.0: Release Candidate 1](https://rubyonrails.org/2007/11/9/rails-2-0-release-candidate-1)**
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> We’ve been taking our sweet time, but now it really is almost there. We’ve just pushed new beta gems to gems.rubyonrails.org and created the rel\_2-0-0\_RC1 tag. So this is shaping up to be the last chance to raise concerns for Rails 2.0 before we go...

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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:** [November 11, 2007, 7:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-2-0-release-candidate-1/119751/2 "2007-11-11T07:46:25Z")

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On Nov 9, 2007, at 2:48 PM, DHH wrote:

> We’re almost there. Really this time.  
> [Ruby on Rails — Rails 2.0: Release Candidate 1](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/11/9/rails-2-0-release-candidate-1)

For those that have already dabbled with 2.0, some questions for you…

I’ve justed started to dig into Ruby & Rails, on & off for a a few  
weeks now (but have been doing web apps for many years). I figure I  
may as well start using 2.0 now if it’s mostly the same as 1.2 and  
using AWDWR & blogs about 1.2 won’t lead me astray. Opinions on that?

So, the main question is whether I should update my existing  
installation (OS X 10.4), or should I just gut 1.2, and install 2.0  
from scratch. Is uninstalling Rails a hassle? I don’t mind the effort  
needed to start over (it won’t take very long at all to move the  
little work I’ve done so far in a my “crash dummy” app) if it  
provides a cleaner 2.0-specific starting point.

I know it’s up to my prefc (which is to go for a clean install), but  
if updating really makes that unnecessary, then I’ll try that first.

Mostly I’m wondering whether using AWDR as my guide will be problematic.

– gw (www.railsdev.ws)

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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:** [November 11, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-2-0-release-candidate-1/119751/3 "2007-11-11T18:17:53Z")

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On 11 Nov 2007, at 06:46, Greg W. wrote:

> provides a cleaner 2.0-specific starting point.

It’s just a bunch of gems. You can uninstall all the existing rails  
gems if you feel like it but there’s really not a lot of point to that.

Fred

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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:** [November 11, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-2-0-release-candidate-1/119751/4 "2007-11-11T11:19:01Z")

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Thanks David