I’ve been testing out Ruby on Rails 2.3 at the college since the first release candidate became available. One thing that I have noticed is how responsive the Rails team is to critical issues, and possibly how vocal Rails developers can be. The first release candidate was not friendly to the website. As I researched each problem I usually ended up at a ticket (or two, or twenty…) reporting the problem to the Rails team. Some tickets had patches attached, and some had already been resolved and committed. By the second release candidate, all of the problems I ran into earlier were resolved. We should be able to move to 2.3 soon after its release, after a final, thorough testing. I’m waiting impatiently for the new scope features!