# Deprecations Gon' Wild

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deprecations-gon-wild/109262>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 12, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deprecations-gon-wild/109262 "2007-07-12T21:44:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deprecations-gon-wild/109262/1 "2007-07-12T21:44:13Z")

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I’m sorry, but I have GOT to ping in on this…

In Rails 2.0, the _.rhtml_ and _.rxml_ file extensions will be  
deprecated[http://dev.rubyonrails.org/changeset/6178](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/changeset/6178)in favor of the  
.erb and .builder extensions.

“And in other news…Rails decides to convert its base libraries to  
Tagalog”

Gentlemen and ladies, the number of deprecations is getting a little  
hairy,  
not to mention my tests are beginning to look like changeset logs rather  
than ‘easy to use’ and DRY tools for developers.

I know this is a bit touchy-feely for an email and I’m not going to go  
into  
a diatribe here, but please, the above stated changeset is enormously  
affecting for a number of reasons: documentation, tutorials, let alone  
code  
revisions.

That said I still love RoR to death!

Just my $0.02

## Dave

David Andrew T.  
[http://www.davidandrewthompson.com](http://www.davidandrewthompson.com)

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**Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deprecations-gon-wild/109262/2 "2007-07-13T00:13:32Z")

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Hi David,

David Andrew T. wrote:

> I’m sorry, but I have GOT to ping in on this…
> 
> In Rails 2.0, the .rhtml and .rxml file extensions will  
> be deprecated in favor of the .erb and .builder  
> extensions.

With all due respect, that’s not what the Changeset you linked to said.  
It  
said “.rhtml and .rxml will continue to work until Rails 3.0” I  
understand  
your concerns, though. Change is inevitable, and it’s never easy.  
Having  
said that, my take on it is that Rails is _about_ change, so I don’t see  
any  
alternative to Rails itself changing.

Best regards,  
Bill