# Re: Will engines be around in Rails 2.3?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-will-engines-be-around-in-rails-2-3/160874>\
**Category:** Engines\
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-will-engines-be-around-in-rails-2-3/160874 "2009-02-20T14:50:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Klett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Michael\_Klett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Klett)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-will-engines-be-around-in-rails-2-3/160874/1 "2009-02-20T14:50:29Z")

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I didn’t notice a mention of engine routes and how they are currently  
different in Rails 2.3.0. As far as I can tell, there is no control  
over  
ordering. All of the plugin/engine routes load, and then the main app  
routes load. There is no equivalent of “map :from\_plugin”, is there?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Klett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Michael\_Klett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Klett)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-will-engines-be-around-in-rails-2-3/160874/2 "2009-02-21T11:13:32Z")

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On 20 Feb 2009, at 13:50, Michael Klett wrote:

> I didn’t notice a mention of engine routes and how they are  
> currently different in Rails 2.3.0. As far as I can tell, there is  
> no control over ordering. All of the plugin/engine routes load, and  
> then the main app routes load. There is no equivalent of  
> “map :from\_plugin”, is there?

Routes will be loaded, I think, in the order that the plugins load.  
There’s no equivalent for ‘map.from\_plugin’, but perhaps you can come  
up with a compelling use-case?

James