# RadRails now defaults to Edge!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radrails-now-defaults-to-edge/136210>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 29, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radrails-now-defaults-to-edge/136210 "2008-04-29T20:56:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonlog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jonlog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonlog)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radrails-now-defaults-to-edge/136210/1 "2008-04-29T20:56:21Z")

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FYI to anyone running RadRails; RadRails is now updating your gem  
sources (whether you want it to or not) so that running ‘gem install  
rails’ or ‘gem update rails’ will always you get the latest Edge Rails,  
not the latest release.

So, for instance, if the core team hypothetically releases 2.0.3  
tomorrow with a security fix, and you try to update, you’re not going to  
get 2.0.3 unless you specifically ask for it (with the -v flag). By  
default you’re going to get a version of Edge.

[http://forums.aptana.com/viewtopic.php?p=20485](http://forums.aptana.com/viewtopic.php?p=20485)

It may just be me (wouldn’t be the first time I was wrong), but this  
seems like a supremely stupid thing to do. I’m curious what other Rails  
developers think.

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[http://www.5valleys.com/](http://www.5valleys.com/)

[http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/8078](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/8078)

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**Author:** ![jonlog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jonlog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonlog)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radrails-now-defaults-to-edge/136210/2 "2008-04-29T20:59:20Z")

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On 29 Apr 2008, at 19:55, Jon G. wrote:

> FYI to anyone running RadRails; RadRails is now updating your gem  
> sources (whether you want it to or not) so that running ‘gem install  
> rails’ or ‘gem update rails’ will always you get the latest Edge  
> Rails,  
> not the latest release.  
> It’s not even fresh edge: it’s edge from the point at which  
> development moved to git.

Fred