I’ve noted how difficult it is to get a complete list of parameters that can be used in the Rails’ config.database.yml file. I understand this is because there are different parameters for the different library layers. Still, I would like a more complete list somewhere, especially given that the parameter names can be confusingly similar …
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This used to be a bigger issue but now thanks to the signed drivers there’s very little more to do than download the drivers in Windows and install them: Latest Xen PV Drivers
I did my time with rsruby, rinruby and Rserve-Ruby-client. In retrospect I should have trusted the Rserve-Ruby-client readme which details the problems with rsruby and rinruby. rsruby – dealbreaker is that this is not stable, there are a few other downsides including complex data conversions and compilation issues but enough said. rinruby – slow, but more importantly fails …
Cleaning up some systems and looking for packages that are no longer maintained. apt-show-versions | grep ‘No available version in archive’ I was amazed at some of the old packages on the systems, like libraries related to Gnome 2. This catches things that other methods like deborphan won’t.