[Rails-devel] Updated rails 2.0 branch

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

All:
Recently I spend a little more time on Rails2.0 and was able to finally
reach the milestone that all compiler errors are fixed (was over 700 at 
peak time) and the only remaining warnings are deprecated methods.

However it is still some way to go until Rails2.0 will support playing 
18xx again: As I changed the core parts of Rails (state, models and 
portfolios) I will make the way back from the core to the outer layers 
of Rails: This will be supported by adding unit tests to the new 
packages first (state and model).

For my own reference I created some documentation and I intent to 
transfer that to the wiki for reference for other (future) developers.

It took longer than expected (not a real surprise), but this was mainly 
due to my restricted time budget and not to real issues arising.
I still expect it being worth the wait, as I came across several hidden 
flaws that will always hinder full undo compatibility of Rails1.x.
All of this is mainly due to the fact that the state mechanism was
added at a later stage and not due to lazy development in first place.

My current estimate will be that I expect that start of first real tests 
of Rails2.0 in around a month or so.

Stefan