# Radiant 0.6 RC2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [March 8, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-0-6-rc2/88184 "2007-03-08T19:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-0-6-rc2/88184/1 "2007-03-08T19:59:50Z")
Read all about it: [http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/03/08/radiant-0-6-release-candidate-2/](http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/03/08/radiant-0-6-release-candidate-2/) – John L. [http://wisheartdesign.com](http://wisheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-0-6-rc2/88184/2 "2007-03-08T22:10:14Z")
Great! How you upgrade from RC1? Regards, Erik. John W. Long wrote: > Read all about it: > > [http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/03/08/radiant-0-6-release-candidate-2/](http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/03/08/radiant-0-6-release-candidate-2/) – Erik van Oosten > **[Day to day stuff](http://day-to-day-stuff.blogspot.com/)** > > Experiences from a hard core JVM programmer. Likes to keep things simple. ---
**Author:** ![John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-0-6-rc2/88184/3 "2007-03-08T23:11:23Z")
Erik van Oosten wrote: > How do you upgrade from RC1? Uninstall the old gem and install the new one. Then run: rake radiant:update – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-0-6-rc2/88184/4 "2007-03-08T23:22:25Z")
John W. Long wrote: > Read all about it: > > [http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/03/08/radiant-0-6-release-candidate-2/](http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/03/08/radiant-0-6-release-candidate-2/) I should also add that RC2 includes recent changes in Mental that allow you to run script/generate in instance mode: script/generate extension AssetManager – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-0-6-rc2/88184/5 "2007-03-08T23:55:28Z")
Instance mode is the mode where the whole Radiant code is copied into your project? If I understand correctly, instance mode is required to develop extensions (which I intend to to). Or are there other means? I am sorry, its all a bit vague to me. Perhaps I have not yet seen the right documentation. Or perhaps there are just too many options 🙂 What would be the appropriate way to operate when you want to develop an extension which will be available for others, potentially through svn, but definitely through some other way (gem?)? (Perhaps important: I still did not have time to finish my svn setup.) I wrote a camping application to manage a virtual e-mail domain with postfix (redirects only). I would like to convert it to a Radiant extension. Regards, Erik. John W. Long wrote: > script/generate extension AssetManager > > – > John L. > [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) – Erik van Oosten > **[Day to day stuff](http://day-to-day-stuff.blogspot.com/)** > > Experiences from a hard core JVM programmer. Likes to keep things simple. ---
**Author:** ![John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-0-6-rc2/88184/6 "2007-03-10T21:53:44Z")
John W. Long wrote: > Read all about it: > > [http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/03/08/radiant-0-6-release-candidate-2/](http://radiantcms.org/blog/2007/03/08/radiant-0-6-release-candidate-2/) Woo hoo! Keep up the good work! Go team! Any way for me to learn just what those “cool new features that only people brave enough to check Mental” are exactly? I try to keep tabs on what people are working on via this list but I suspect there’s more than I know about. -Chris ---
**Author:** ![John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-0-6-rc2/88184/7 "2007-03-09T00:13:30Z")
Erik van Oosten wrote: > Instance mode is the mode where the whole Radiant code is copied into > your project? No. Application mode is where you are running straight off the source. > If I understand correctly, instance mode is required to develop > extensions (which I intend to to). Or are there other means? No. Instance mode is not required to develop extensions. > I am sorry, its all a bit vague to me. Perhaps I have not yet seen the > right documentation. Or perhaps there are just too many options 🙂 The documentation for it is a bit poor. Instance mode is what you get when you install radiant from a gem and run: % radiant /path/to/my/project To create the default structure for your site. The main benefit to instance mode is that the source code for Radiant can reside in the gem but the Radiant project contains all of your configuration. This makes it easy to upgrade. In the future the upgrade process will be as simple as: 1. Install the new gem: 2. Update your config/environment.rb so that it uses the latest gem. 3. Update your radiant project: 4. Run any migrations: The other way of installing Radiant is known as “Application” mode. Application mode is what you get when you install Radiant by extracting the source into your project directory. If you install Radiant this way you will be on your own when it comes to upgrading your version of Radiant. Because of this instance mode is the recommended way of installing Radiant. > What would be the appropriate way to operate when you want to develop an > extension which will be available for others, potentially through svn, > but definitely through some other way (gem?)? (Perhaps important: I > still did not have time to finish my svn setup.) You can develop extensions in instance mode or application mode. To get started just run the following command from your project root: % script/generate MyExtensionName – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com)