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Rails 3.1 HackFest

64 points by spastorino 15y ago

nfm 15y ago
I've been hitting the rails blog twice a day for the last three weeks waiting for 3.1 to be released. Lets get involved and squash some bugs!
freedrull 15y ago
Are there any IRL hackfests for the Seattle area planned?
- texel 15y ago
  Not sure if you've ever checked it out, but the seattle.rb meetings on Tuesdays at Vivace on Broadway are usually well attended, and both Aaron Patterson and Eric Hodel are usually there. It's like having a superstar Ruby/Rails team at your fingertips, and everyone is super helpful.
qnm 15y ago
This is a great idea. 3.1 is way more 'breaky' than I'd expect from a point release, but the new features are great. Let's make it an awesome release!
- seanmccann 15y ago
  What major issues are you having?
  - rufo 15y ago
    I'm curious as well. While I haven't upgraded any older projects, I started a new project on 3.1.rc4 several weeks ago and (besides deprecation warnings for some testing tools) have had very few problems that grabbing a newer gem couldn't fix.
    - qnm 15y ago
      There are significant changes that I wouldn't normally have expected in a point release. To your point, the community has rushed to support many of these changes so it's unlikely to be a big deal.
dfischer 15y ago
What's interesting is that this isn't on the blog page. It's only accessible through this url unless there is some really bad caching going on?
- freedrull 15y ago
  Its at the top of the blog page for me... http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/ http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/
charlesju 15y ago
Anyone planning on one for San Francisco?
- jackbean 15y ago
  "I don’t mind hosting in SF.. we could seat about 10 (with chairs) or 15-20 (if 10 people don’t mind taking the floor…" mochaleaf.com posted in the comments that they are hosting one in SF.
jdelsman 15y ago
Would anyone be interested in participating together in Beijing, China?
camwest 15y ago
I'm interested in setting something up in Toronto. Anyone else interested?
- ryan_brunner 15y ago
  We usually host a hack night every second thursday in Toronto, and we're going to move it to Sunday for this. If you're interested in attending (or could host people on Saturday), you're more than welcome - http://www.meetup.com/torontoruby/events/25743841/ http://www.meetup.com/torontoruby/events/25743841/
  - camwest 15y ago
    Thanks Ryan. I joined up.
    - spastorino 15y ago
      I will add this to the weblog page if it's fine for you guys :)
      - ryan_brunner 15y ago
        Cool, thanks!
        spastorino 15y ago
        Added
jackbean 15y ago
I'll probably be working on it most of saturday afternoon in Peets in Berkeley, if anyone is interested.
arisey 15y ago
New York hackers will gather on July 24 for a Rails 3.1 hackfest. RSVP http://www.meetup.com/ruby-75/events/25578641/ http://www.meetup.com/ruby-75/events/25578641/

64 points by spastorino 15y ago

nfm 15y ago

I've been hitting the rails blog twice a day for the last three weeks waiting for 3.1 to be released. Lets get involved and squash some bugs!

freedrull 15y ago

Are there any IRL hackfests for the Seattle area planned?

texel 15y ago
Not sure if you've ever checked it out, but the seattle.rb meetings on Tuesdays at Vivace on Broadway are usually well attended, and both Aaron Patterson and Eric Hodel are usually there. It's like having a superstar Ruby/Rails team at your fingertips, and everyone is super helpful.

qnm 15y ago

This is a great idea. 3.1 is way more 'breaky' than I'd expect from a point release, but the new features are great. Let's make it an awesome release!

seanmccann 15y ago
What major issues are you having?
- rufo 15y ago
  I'm curious as well. While I haven't upgraded any older projects, I started a new project on 3.1.rc4 several weeks ago and (besides deprecation warnings for some testing tools) have had very few problems that grabbing a newer gem couldn't fix.
  - qnm 15y ago
    There are significant changes that I wouldn't normally have expected in a point release. To your point, the community has rushed to support many of these changes so it's unlikely to be a big deal.

dfischer 15y ago

What's interesting is that this isn't on the blog page. It's only accessible through this url unless there is some really bad caching going on?

freedrull 15y ago
Its at the top of the blog page for me... http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/ http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/

charlesju 15y ago

Anyone planning on one for San Francisco?

jackbean 15y ago
"I don’t mind hosting in SF.. we could seat about 10 (with chairs) or 15-20 (if 10 people don’t mind taking the floor…" mochaleaf.com posted in the comments that they are hosting one in SF.

jdelsman 15y ago

Would anyone be interested in participating together in Beijing, China?

camwest 15y ago

I'm interested in setting something up in Toronto. Anyone else interested?

ryan_brunner 15y ago
We usually host a hack night every second thursday in Toronto, and we're going to move it to Sunday for this. If you're interested in attending (or could host people on Saturday), you're more than welcome - http://www.meetup.com/torontoruby/events/25743841/ http://www.meetup.com/torontoruby/events/25743841/
- camwest 15y ago
  Thanks Ryan. I joined up.
  - spastorino 15y ago
    I will add this to the weblog page if it's fine for you guys :)
    - ryan_brunner 15y ago
      Cool, thanks!
      - spastorino 15y ago
        Added

jackbean 15y ago

I'll probably be working on it most of saturday afternoon in Peets in Berkeley, if anyone is interested.

arisey 15y ago

New York hackers will gather on July 24 for a Rails 3.1 hackfest. RSVP http://www.meetup.com/ruby-75/events/25578641/ http://www.meetup.com/ruby-75/events/25578641/