# Which is more robust/bug-free? Rails 1.0 or 1.1-RC1?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-more-robust-bug-free-rails-1-0-or-1-1-rc1/55708>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 23, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-more-robust-bug-free-rails-1-0-or-1-1-rc1/55708 "2006-03-23T04:21:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techwiz18)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-more-robust-bug-free-rails-1-0-or-1-1-rc1/55708/1 "2006-03-23T04:21:01Z")

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I know that Rails 1.1-RC1 has many new features but it also seems to fix  
numerous bugs found in Rails 1.1.

So for new projects–say a small (\<=10 product) ecommerce website set to  
launch “any day now”, should we use Rails 1.0 or 1.1-RC1?

Which is more bug-free? I heard 1.1-RC1 gets rid of the ‘white screen  
of death’ but I’m wondering if any new bugs introduced would be worse.

System:  
Debian 3.1  
Apache 2.0.54 + debian\_patches  
mod\_fcgid-1.08 + custom\_patches  
PostgreSQL 7.4.x  
Ruby-1.8.2 + debian\_patches  
Rails-1.0 or 1.1-RC1…

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**Author:** ![techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techwiz18)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-more-robust-bug-free-rails-1-0-or-1-1-rc1/55708/2 "2006-03-23T09:33:19Z")

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On 3/22/06, Rails D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Debian 3.1  
> Apache 2.0.54 + debian\_patches  
> mod\_fcgid-1.08 + custom\_patches  
> PostgreSQL 7.4.x  
> Ruby-1.8.2 + debian\_patches  
> Rails-1.0 or 1.1-RC1…

I’d use 1.0, unless you need 1.1 features.

Not sure what the white screen of death is though.

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**Author:** ![techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techwiz18)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-more-robust-bug-free-rails-1-0-or-1-1-rc1/55708/3 "2006-03-23T10:43:18Z")

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I would expect this to happen:

- the 1.0 - features are eventually more robust in 1.1
- the 1.1 - features introduce a new, potential level of instability

So if you install 1.1 but _only_ use the 1.0 features there’s  
some hope (however, no guarantee) the platform is more reliable.

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**Author:** ![techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techwiz18)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-more-robust-bug-free-rails-1-0-or-1-1-rc1/55708/4 "2006-03-26T18:13:13Z")

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Peter E. wrote:

> > I’d use 1.0, unless you need 1.1 features.

Quality comes from hard work, not version number roundedness.