That's a good question, but I also appreciate that a company with an older Rails install took the trouble to upgrade to the latest version under development and

That's a good question, but I also appreciate that a company with an older Rails install took the trouble to upgrade to the latest version under development and contribute and help Rails along the way. Maybe they should have said they could have waited but if one has the developer resources, it's better to be proactive instead of waiting for an official release and all of the sudden try to upgrade and run into a lot of unforeseen issues.