Here is a nice post on RVM (and Perlbrew): Two tools you should be using, if you aren't already
RVM (Ruby Version Manager) 1.0.0
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#13RVM 1.0.0, Ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3.
+ Rubinius will remove the GIL ("the work has already begun" -- Yehuda Katz http://yehudakatz.com/2010/08/14/threads-in-ruby-enough-alre...)
+ MacRuby will be even faster, more stable and more documented
It will be an awesome end of 2010/2011 for Ruby programmers.
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#14I use RVM for all Ruby installations now. I can't think of a distro or UNIX flavour whose Ruby packages are so good that I would use them instead of RVM. That includes Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, BSD, OSX.
For those developing Ruby libraries, RVM makes multi-version testing a breeze.
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#15RVM is so full of awesome. Specifying a project's gemset with an .rvmrc file is my preferred workflow now. Its a genius tool.
http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/gemsets/basics/ http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/workflow/rvmrc/
Re: RVM (Ruby Version Manager) 1.0.0
#16Here is a nice post on RVM (and Perlbrew): Two tools you should be using, if you aren't already http://ithaca.arpinum.org/2010/06/13/rvm-and-perlbrew.html
Wow. I just want to record how cool this feels. I got posted on Hacker News by someone other than me. Thanks.
Re: RVM (Ruby Version Manager) 1.0.0
#17How does it compare to the more mature Virtualenv for Python?
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#18best feature: hopping on irc #rvm on freenode for instant assistance
This can't be emphasized enough. Wayne's post about 1.0.0 reveals how close to burn out he was, but on the outside, he is seemingly tireless. He is on #rvm so many hours, quickly answering questions, over and above the work he does coding directly for rvm (not to mention his, you know, paying work and life). Sutto has also been in #rvm a lot over the summer I think.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there a use-case outside of running ruby 1.8 and 1.9 at the same time?
Gemsets for different apps, running MRI vs REE, and really you can run and switch from any flavor of Ruby (including JRuby) in an instant. It handles all the configuration and compilation for installation. Huge time saver, even if you are one of the few that only need one ruby version.
Sounds like a beastly equivalent of Python's virtualenv?
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