# Spec\_server is dead! Long live spork!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-server-is-dead-long-live-spork/170894>\
**Category:** RSpec\
**Created:** [June 24, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-server-is-dead-long-live-spork/170894 "2009-06-24T02:17:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![crucoba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@crucoba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crucoba)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-server-is-dead-long-live-spork/170894/1 "2009-06-24T02:17:09Z")

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Hey all,

Just a heads up that the rspec-rails-1.2.7.1 release deprecates  
spec\_server in favor of Tim H.'s spork gem.

[http://github.com/timcharper/spork](http://github.com/timcharper/spork)

I’ve already removed spec\_server from the rspec-rails git repo, so it  
will no longer be part of the rspec-rails gem beginning with the next  
release. I understand that this presents a conundrum for folks on  
Windows, as there is no spork love for Windows just yet. To that end,  
I’ve posted the spec\_server to its own repo on github:

[GitHub - dchelimsky/spec\_server: spec\_server extracted from rspec-rails-1.2.6](http://github.com/dchelimsky/spec_server)

As the readme suggests, I do not plan to maintain this. It is posted  
solely for the purpose of making it easily accessible for those who  
want to (or don’t have other options yet) continue to use it.  
Admittedly, I didn’t go very far to make it a single command install  
or a gem, so if anybody cares to take that on I’m sure it would be  
appreciated by many.

Cheers,  
David

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**Author:** ![crucoba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@crucoba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crucoba)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-server-is-dead-long-live-spork/170894/2 "2009-06-24T03:55:39Z")

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Huhzah!