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Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement

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Re: Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement

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Post by jsavimbi »

yariang wrote: post #55
sstephenson wrote: post #6

An official release with a web site and improved installation process should be out next week. If you're wondering "why would I use this instead of rvm?" be sure to read the readme: https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv#readme

I looked at RVM a few weeks back while trying to set up a Rails app and was so frustrated I went outside and kicked a kitty. I am glad to see a project that should restore some of my sanity. Good work.

If you couldn't figure out RVM, you probably shouldn't be playing with Ruby.

Re: Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement

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Post by metaskills »

rsanheim wrote: post #16
NARKOZ wrote: post #3

Is it production ready? RVM is.

In most cases you shouldn't have RVM in "production" any way.

To be fair, Wayne has always said that RVM was made for production first and development second. Not sure if it is fair to say it is not production ready since it has always been geared toward just that.

Re: Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement

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Post by hadis »

mhansen wrote: post #48
cwjohnston wrote: post #18

Looks interesting. It's always been pretty amazing to me that a system like RVM remains so popular when it depends on overriding the operation of basic commands like 'cd'.

That's the main reason I'm not using RVM. I depend on `cd` to work, every time, rock solid, especially when my system is unstable. I can't risk having a dependency or bug in their `cd` script breaking my most commonly used shell command.

So then what did you use on your development machine to test your ruby apps with till now? What did you use if not RVM? I am happy that RVM exists and made my life as ruby developer much easier even if it overrides 'cd'. Also to note i never had problems with RVM. Your main reason not using RVM is poor, as if there were more options out there till now.

Re: Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement

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Post by hadis »

nzoschke wrote: post #24
NARKOZ wrote: post #3

Is it production ready? RVM is.

RVM is hardly development ready, imho. Every week I run into problems/confusion with the environment it creates and expects. I would never put it anywhere near production.

Please provide us with some of the problems/confusions you ran into.

Re: Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement

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Post by stevenhaddox »

NARKOZ wrote: post #3

Is it production ready? RVM is.

I'm guessing rbenv isn't meant for production. As to some of the comments about how you should never use RVM in production, it's complete crap. I've used RVM in production on multiple servers for well over a year. RVM fits perfectly in corporate environments where you have no access to the sudo command.
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