I just tried to post this comment several times in response to this blog post and it keeps getting rejected as spam. I'm posting it here to provide an alternate opinion to the one shared in the blog.
------------ I'm a user of acts_as_ferret, and completely disagree with your post. Aaf/ferret is a very cool full-text search solution that works very reliably in Rails when used as the online manual suggests. Jens and the team on the mailing list provide better support for it than any other open source plugin I've ever used on any platform. The gem vs plugin thing is debatable. I much prefer plugins over gems, since I keep all the plugins in my project's svn repository. Deployment is much simplified, history is maintained in svn, and I don't have to worry about gem versions on various servers. Overall, your rant shows a lack of respect for the work that has gone into aaf/ferret, and an ignorance of the benefits of using it in its current form. Certainly, nothing is perfect, and everything requires constant improvement. But, we've had great success with aaf and will continue to use it happily. ------------- Thanks, Doug On 9/11/07, Jens Kraemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 11:40:32AM +0200, Chris Williams wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just read some an article > > (http://www.jroller.com/BrightCandle/entry/oversights_in_rails_plugins_really) > > > > This article (and the comment,) seem to imply that drb is required if > > running under a fastcgi kind of deployment. Is this true? > > Yes. Inspired by this post, I'll make the :remote => true option the > default in production env from version 0.5 on, allowing to turn it off > when needed. > > cheers, > Jens > > -- > Jens Krämer > webit! Gesellschaft für neue Medien mbH > Schnorrstraße 76 | 01069 Dresden > Telefon +49 351 46766-0 | Telefax +49 351 46766-66 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.webit.de > > Amtsgericht Dresden | HRB 15422 > GF Sven Haubold, Hagen Malessa > _______________________________________________ > Ferret-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk > _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
