Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Julio Cesar Ody
> Yeah, well, that may well work NOW, but next week? Who knows? Seriously? While RMagick might be memleak-ridden, ImageMagick itself is fine. The dependencies you're talking about don't apply if you don't install it with all the default flags set (that goes from package manager to package manager

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread David Parry
On 03/09/2010, at 3:59 PM, Chris Herring wrote: > If installing ImageMagick or it's dependencies is the issue and your are on > mac then there is also this: > > http://github.com/maddox/magick-installer Yeah, well, that may well work NOW, but next week? Who knows? And this is why installing Im

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Chris Herring
If installing ImageMagick or it's dependencies is the issue and your are on mac then there is also this: http://github.com/maddox/magick-installer On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:04 PM, David Parry wrote: > On 03/09/2010, at 12:52 PM, Korny Sietsma wrote: > > > Just to chime in in ImageMagick's defence

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread David Parry
On 03/09/2010, at 12:52 PM, Korny Sietsma wrote: > Just to chime in in ImageMagick's defence - it's a pig to load and configure > (though HomeBrew makes this somewhat easier) - but it's a much more > sophisticated library than almost anything else out there. Totally agree. -- You received th

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Korny Sietsma
Just to chime in in ImageMagick's defence - it's a pig to load and configure (though HomeBrew makes this somewhat easier) - but it's a much more sophisticated library than almost anything else out there. It's huge overkill for most things folks want to do in a web app, but if you want to do stuff

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Ben Hoskings
On 3 September 2010 06:17, Lachie wrote: > > I strongly recommend against using RMagick. Its a PITA to install as > you've discovered and ends up eating large quantities of RAM in your > ruby processes Seconded. Depending what you're using RMagick for, another option is to use the image_scienc

[rails-oceania] Ola Bini talking on Seph

2010-09-02 Thread Josh Price
ThoughtWorks' Ola Bini will be visiting Sydney during the week of 6th to the 12th of September, and during that time he will be giving a talk on his new language Seph in the ThoughtWorks Sydney office. http://olabini.com/blog/2010/07/preannouncing-seph/ Thoughtworks are inviting anyone interest

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread David Parry
>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Lyndon Maydwell wrote: >>> I actually installed it with macports. I've tried reinstalling, but >>> the library is still missing. Someone recently recommended to me that HomeBrew was far more reliable at installing ImageMagick than MacPorts. Perhaps you could tr

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Lyndon Maydwell
Thanks Lachie. I was looking at using RMagick as there is some heroku integration available, but it definitely does cause me issues. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Lachie wrote: > Hey Lyndon > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Lyndon Maydwell wrote: >> I actually installed it with macports

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Lachie
Hey Lyndon On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Lyndon Maydwell wrote: > I actually installed it with macports. I've tried reinstalling, but > the library is still missing. > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Dan Cheail wrote: >> How did you install ImageMagick? If convert is working but the shared

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Lyndon Maydwell
I actually installed it with macports. I've tried reinstalling, but the library is still missing. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Dan Cheail wrote: > How did you install ImageMagick? If convert is working but the shared > library is missing, you may have installed a binaries-only package. > Tried

Re: [rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Dan Cheail
How did you install ImageMagick? If convert is working but the shared library is missing, you may have installed a binaries-only package. Tried removing it and installing it using MacPorts? On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Lyndon Maydwell wrote: > I'm having trouble using RMagick (90% of prob

[rails-oceania] RMagick woes

2010-09-02 Thread Lyndon Maydwell
I'm having trouble using RMagick (90% of problems I have with ruby are caused by this wonderful library). Convert and friends are working fine on my system, and the rmagick gem installs, but upon requiring RMagick: > LoadError: > dlopen(/opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/i686-darwin9/RMagick2.b

[rails-oceania] Appreciate Rails 3.0 with Charity

2010-09-02 Thread Mike Bailey
Following the release of Rails 3.0 on Sunday, DHH has provided an easy way for us to show our gratitude. - Mike Rails 3.0 is a gift from all of us who’ve worked on it to anyone who wants to build something. If you like our gift, please show it by donating to the Rails 3.0 release charity: Charity

[rails-oceania] Re: [JOB] 1x Mid-Snr Rails developer with Sentia working on Kazaa.com

2010-09-02 Thread Michael Cindric
Yeah mid level to senior developer. It's a great role and we would like some one to start asap. For more info on Sentia check out http://Sentia.com.au Michael On Sep 2, 10:42 pm, Bodaniel Jeanes wrote: > I read it as mid to senior. I.e. A range > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 02/09/2010, at 10:40

Re: [rails-oceania] [JOB] 1x Mid-Snr Rails developer with Sentia working on Kazaa.com

2010-09-02 Thread Bodaniel Jeanes
I read it as mid to senior. I.e. A range Sent from my iPhone On 02/09/2010, at 10:40 PM, Korny Sietsma wrote: what does "mid-senior" mean? I guess it means $75k... - Korny On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Michael Cindric wrote: > Description > > You will be working on the cutting edge from ou

Re: [rails-oceania] [JOB] 1x Mid-Snr Rails developer with Sentia working on Kazaa.com

2010-09-02 Thread Korny Sietsma
what does "mid-senior" mean? I guess it means $75k... - Korny On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Michael Cindric wrote: > Description > > You will be working on the cutting edge from our Sydney office in > George Street in the city opposite Wynyard station on Kazaa.com. You > will be working as par

[rails-oceania] [JOB] 1x Mid-Snr Rails developer with Sentia working on Kazaa.com

2010-09-02 Thread Michael Cindric
Description You will be working on the cutting edge from our Sydney office in George Street in the city opposite Wynyard station on Kazaa.com. You will be working as part of a team of experienced developers on one of the most well known brands on the internet today. Your role will be to help deve