# Best Version Plugin/Gem for our App

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-version-plugin-gem-for-our-app/191310>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 9, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-version-plugin-gem-for-our-app/191310 "2010-07-09T13:28:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![debadatta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@debadatta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/debadatta)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-version-plugin-gem-for-our-app/191310/1 "2010-07-09T13:28:08Z")

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Hi all,  
I am wondering which version of plugin or gem should be more  
trustable for my application.  
How we can know?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![debadatta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@debadatta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/debadatta)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-version-plugin-gem-for-our-app/191310/2 "2010-07-09T13:52:44Z")

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you’d have to read the code contained and understand it well enough to  
judge

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**Author:** ![debadatta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@debadatta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/debadatta)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-version-plugin-gem-for-our-app/191310/3 "2010-07-09T14:40:11Z")

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On 9 July 2010 12:27, debadatta [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi all,  
> I am wondering which version of plugin or gem should be more  
> trustable for my application.  
> How we can know?

I would always use the latest version unless the documentation for it  
or for something else I am using indicated some incompatibility. What  
other reason would you have for not using the latest?

That does not mean I necessarily update a working app with the latest  
version of a plugin. I would generally only do this if updating the  
app to the latest rails version (or something along those lines) or I  
required a new feature or bug fix from the later plugin version.

Colin

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**Author:** ![debadatta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@debadatta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/debadatta)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-version-plugin-gem-for-our-app/191310/4 "2010-07-09T15:12:03Z")

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debadatta wrote:

> Hi all,  
> I am wondering which version of plugin or gem should be more  
> trustable for my application.  
> How we can know?
> 
> Thanks in advance

As for which version of a gem to select, we generally use the latest  
that is compatible with the version of Rails used for the application.

How can you know which is ‘more trustable’?

Well, around these parts, that’s called testing.