Rails 5.0.1 has been released

The changelogs on the point releases for each gem are essentially TL;DRs. It took ~10 minutes to read through all of them. The meatiest one is probably ActiveRecord: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v5.0.1/activerecord/CHAN...

Re: Rails 5.0.1 has been released

#5

Post by faitswulff » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 5:35 AM UTC

hartator wrote: post #3

wjossey wrote: post #2

Anyone have a tl;dr?

JQuery is not by default anymore.

I think you might be thinking of the upcoming 5.1 release.

Re: Rails 5.0.1 has been released

#6

Post by jph » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 5:35 AM UTC

TLDR: Definitely worth upgrading.

Approximately hundreds of small bug fixes, across much of Rails. The fixes include some important ones for database types, time comparisons, thread issues, record reloading, etc.

IMHO these fixes address dozens of bugs that could cause major puzzlement for a typical Rails developer.

Thanks to all the contributors for excellent work on this release.

Re: Rails 5.0.1 has been released

#7

Post by hartator » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 5:48 AM UTC

faitswulff wrote: post #5

hartator wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

JQuery is not by default anymore.

I think you might be thinking of the upcoming 5.1 release.

Yes, my bad.

Re: Rails 5.0.1 has been released

#8

Post by avitzurel » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 5:52 AM UTC

jph wrote: post #6

TLDR: Definitely worth upgrading. Approximately hundreds of small bug fixes, across much of Rails. The fixes include some important ones for database types, time comparisons, thread issues, record reloading, etc. IMHO these fixes address dozens of bugs that could cause major puzzlement for a typical Rails developer. Thanks to all the contributors for excellent work on this release.

One of the best (or worst) bugs fixed was the aborted transaction for PGsql. I am pretty sure hundreds of Rails developers are battling it every day and don't understand where it's coming from.

Even if you don't upgrade, this is something you should backport using a monkeypatch.

Re: Rails 5.0.1 has been released

#9

Post by sfilargi » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 5:55 AM UTC

jph wrote: post #6

TLDR: Definitely worth upgrading. Approximately hundreds of small bug fixes, across much of Rails. The fixes include some important ones for database types, time comparisons, thread issues, record reloading, etc. IMHO these fixes address dozens of bugs that could cause major puzzlement for a typical Rails developer. Thanks to all the contributors for excellent work on this release.

> IMHO these fixes address dozens of bugs that could cause major puzzlement for a typical Rails developer.

That has been the reason I always avoid huge frameworks like RoR.

If I was to hit a bug like this, I wouldn't know where to start debugging. How do people deal with obscure bugs in the framework with something like RoR?

Re: Rails 5.0.1 has been released

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Post by seanp2k2 » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 5:58 AM UTC

avitzurel wrote: post #8

jph wrote: post #6

TLDR: Definitely worth upgrading. Approximately hundreds of small bug fixes, across much of Rails. The fixes include some important ones for database types, time comparisons, thread issues, record reloading, etc. IMHO these fixes address dozens of bugs that could cause major puzzlement for a typical Rails developer. Thanks to all the contributors for excellent work on this release.

One of the best (or worst) bugs fixed was the aborted transaction for PGsql. I am pretty sure hundreds of Rails developers are battling it every day and don't understand where it's coming from. Even if you don't upgrade, this is something you should backport using a monkeypatch.

Do you have a link to the bug or the fix? We've seen this in prod for sure.