3.2.0: Faster dev mode & routing, explain queries, tagged logger, store

says “we now only reload classes from files you’ve actually changed”, but I think that's wrong.

So we didn’t quite make the December release date as we intended, but hey, why break a good tradition and start hitting release targets now! In any case, your patience has been worldly rewarded young grasshopper: Rails 3.2 is done, baked, tested, and ready to roll! I’ve been running on 3-2-stable for a few months working on Basecamp Next and it’s been a real treat. The new faster dev mode in particular is a major step up over 3.1. Do remember that this is the last intended release series that’s going to support Ruby 1.8.7. The master git branch for Rails is now targeting Rails 4.0, which will require Ruby 1.9.3 and above. So now is a great time to start the work on getting your app ready for the current version of Ruby. Let’s not hang around old versions forever and a Sunday like those Python guys :). There’s a v3.2.0 tag on Github and we of course we still have the 3-2-st...

Full article: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/1/20/rails-3-2-0-faste...