# Dumb question concerning ruby 1.8.2 and 1.8.3

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 19, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657 "2005-12-19T19:24:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3da27b/32.png) [@oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oandrich)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657/1 "2005-12-19T19:24:18Z")

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Hi,

I will use the holidays to do my first real steps with Rails. No toying  
around but actually developing an application that is planned to be used  
in an production environment early next year. Now I have read several  
times that 1.8.3 seems to have some bugs, that are causing people to  
stick too 1.8.2. Sadly, I don’t come up with the right google mantra to  
find anything helpful concerning this question. So, I like to ask here  
if someone can give me some pointers concering this. Or otherwise  
disperse the bad feeling I have at the moment.

So far, I haven’t discovered any bug myself and I already use 1.8.3 for  
some production code. Mostly scripts for workflow jobs so far. May be  
using Rails it is more an issue.

Hopefully, I am not wasting your time and bandwidth, cause I could have  
found all the information I need in an obvious location. 🙂

Best regards,  
Oliver

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**Author:** ![oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3da27b/32.png) [@oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oandrich)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657/2 "2005-12-19T19:30:22Z")

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On Dec 19, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Oliver A. wrote:

> So, I like to ask here if someone can give me some pointers  
> concering this. Or otherwise disperse the bad feeling I have at the  
> moment.

You’re probably fine. 1.8.3 originally broke Rails (and Rake, I  
believe) but the latest versions work fine.

The biggest outstanding 1.8.3 bug is the you can’t effectively build  
RubyGems with it. Just be aware of that.

1.8.4 is due in less than a week now as well, just FYI.

James Edward G. II

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**Author:** ![oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3da27b/32.png) [@oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oandrich)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657/3 "2005-12-19T20:09:36Z")

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James Edward G. II ha scritto:

> The biggest outstanding 1.8.3 bug is the you can’t effectively build  
> RubyGems with it. Just be aware of that.

was’nt the problem about using gems made with ruby-X with ruby-Y ?

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**Author:** ![oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3da27b/32.png) [@oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oandrich)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657/4 "2005-12-19T20:27:49Z")

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On Dec 19, 2005, at 1:07 PM, gabriele renzi wrote:

> James Edward G. II ha scritto:
> 
> > The biggest outstanding 1.8.3 bug is the you can’t effectively  
> > build RubyGems with it. Just be aware of that.
> 
> was’nt the problem about using gems made with ruby-X with ruby-Y ?

Pretty much, yes. But since RubyForge is currently running \< 1.8.3,  
you have the consider that it’s not possible to distribute anything  
made with the newer versions (through them).

Just to be clear, this is a YAML issue (not RubyGems).

James Edward G. II

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**Author:** ![oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3da27b/32.png) [@oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oandrich)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657/5 "2005-12-19T21:13:34Z")

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Many thanks for the information. This gives me a much better feeling for  
the things ahead. 🙂

Best regards,  
Oliver

James Edward G. II schrieb:

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**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657/6 "2005-12-20T15:18:25Z")

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On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:04 AM, Steve L. wrote:

> Do you think 1.8.4 will be less problematic?

Yes, the patch was applied last night to fix the YAML issue.

James Edward G. II

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**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657/7 "2005-12-20T15:06:22Z")

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On Monday 19 December 2005 01:27 pm, James Edward G. II wrote:

> 1.8.4 is due in less than a week now as well, just FYI.

Do you think 1.8.4 will be less problematic?

Steve L.

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