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Ruby on Rails 7.0

Summary

Ruby on Rails 7.0 is the latest version of well known web framework written in Ruby.

Owner

Current status

Detailed Description

The Ruby on Rails stack is evolving quickly and Fedora needs to keep pace with it. Therefore the whole Ruby on Rails stack should be updated from 6.1 in Fedora 35 to 7.0 (latest version) in Fedora 36. This will ensure that all the Ruby developers using Fedora have the latest and greatest RPM-packaged Ruby on Rails.

Benefit to Fedora

This update will keep Fedora up-to-date and will ensure that the current Ruby on Rails developers stay with us as they will get support for system-packaged Ruby on Rails of the latest version. Update to Rails 7.0 contains hundreds of fixes and improvements across all the frameworks. For new features, please see [#User_Experience User Experience].

Scope

  • Proposal owners:
    • The whole Rails stack has to be updated.
    • Some dependencies of the Rails stack will need update.

Packages need to be created/updated

Package name Task Pull Request
rubygem-actioncable Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-actionmailbox Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-actionmailer Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-actionpack Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-actiontext Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-actionview Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-activejob Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-activemodel Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-activerecord Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-activestorage Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-activesupport Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-rails Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-railties Update to 7.0.x prepared git changes
rubygem-bootsnap Update to 1.10.x prepared git changes
rubygem-importmap-rails Newly packaged: BZ#2041471 prepared git changes
  • Current development state can be observed in pvalena/ruby-on-rails COPR repository.
    • Current status: version 7.0.0 built and tested
  • Other developers: Update Rails dependent packages to be working with Ruby on Rails 7.0
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Web applications build above Ruby on Rails framework might need to be updated. Official upstream upgrade guide might come handy: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html

How To Test


To test only Rails itself

dnf install rubygem-rails
rails new app
cd app && rails s

To test the complete feature including generating a new Rails app using RPM

dnf group install 'Ruby on Rails'
rails new app --skip-bundle && cd app
rails s

User Experience

  • New version of Ruby on Rails (7.0) available
  • The most significant Rails 7.0 features:
    • No-Node default approach to the front end
    • Hotwire’s combination of Turbo and Stimulus
    • Easily use any JavaScript bundler
    • Encrypted attributes in Active Record
    • Asynchronous Query Loading
    • Zeitwerk autoloader is used exclusively

Dependencies

  • There are several packages, which depends on Ruby on Rails framework.
  • These needs to be surely updated:
    • (none)
  • Following gems don't support Rails 7.0 right now and would be broken by the update:
    • (none)
  • As Rails requires Ruby >= 2.7, the platform less than the version can not use Rails 7.0.

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: None needed. Rails stack won't be updated until all its dependencies are in Rawhide. After that, it will be a simple matter of updating the core packages (and their dependencies) via side-tag.
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? No
  • Blocks product? No

Documentation

Release Notes

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