Merge pull request #17 from nruth/cut-building-ruby1.8-from-readme

Removing notes on installing gc patched 1.8.x/1.9

README.md

@@ -422,95 +422,9 @@ Rails.logger.level = ActiveSupport::Logger::INFO
 As `ActionController::Base.perform_caching` is set to `true`, performance tests
 will behave much as they do in the `production` environment.
 
-### Installing GC-Patched MRI
+### Installing GC-Patched MRI 1.x.x
 
-To get the best from Rails' performance tests under MRI, you'll need to build
-a special Ruby binary with some super powers.
-
-The recommended patches for each MRI version are:
-
-| Version         | Patch     |
-| --------------- | --------- |
-| 1.8.6           | ruby186gc |
-| 1.8.7           | ruby187gc |
-| 1.9.2 and above | gcdata    |
-
-All of these can be found on [RVM's _patches_ directory](https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/tree/master/patches/ruby)
-under each specific interpreter version.
-
-Concerning the installation itself, you can either do this easily by using
-[RVM](https://rvm.io/) or you can build everything from source,
-which is a little bit harder.
-
-#### Install Using RVM
-
-The process of installing a patched Ruby interpreter is very easy if you let RVM
-do the hard work. All of the following RVM commands will provide you with a
-patched Ruby interpreter:
-
-```bash
-$ rvm install 1.9.2-p180 --patch gcdata
-$ rvm install 1.8.7 --patch ruby187gc
-$ rvm install 1.9.2-p180 --patch ~/Downloads/downloaded_gcdata_patch.patch
-```
-
-You can even keep your regular interpreter by assigning a name to the patched
-one:
-
-```bash
-$ rvm install 1.9.2-p180 --patch gcdata --name gcdata
-$ rvm use 1.9.2-p180 # your regular ruby
-$ rvm use 1.9.2-p180-gcdata # your patched ruby
-```
-
-And it's done! You have installed a patched Ruby interpreter.
-
-#### Install From Source
-
-This process is a bit more complicated, but straightforward nonetheless. If
-you've never compiled a Ruby binary before, follow these steps to build a
-Ruby binary inside your home directory.
-
-##### Download and Extract
-
-```bash
-$ mkdir rubygc
-$ wget <the version you want from ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby>
-$ tar -xzvf <ruby-version.tar.gz>
-$ cd <ruby-version>
-```
-
-##### Apply the Patch
-
-```bash
-$ curl http://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/raw/master/patches/ruby/1.9.2/p180/gcdata.patch | patch -p0 # if you're on 1.9.2!
-$ curl http://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/raw/master/patches/ruby/1.8.7/ruby187gc.patch | patch -p0 # if you're on 1.8.7!
-```
-
-##### Configure and Install
-
-The following will install Ruby in your home directory's `/rubygc` directory.
-Make sure to replace `<homedir>` with a full patch to your actual home
-directory.
-
-```bash
-$ ./configure --prefix=/<homedir>/rubygc
-$ make && make install
-```
-
-##### Prepare Aliases
-
-For convenience, add the following lines in your `~/.profile`:
-
-```bash
-alias gcruby='~/rubygc/bin/ruby'
-alias gcrake='~/rubygc/bin/rake'
-alias gcgem='~/rubygc/bin/gem'
-alias gcirb='~/rubygc/bin/irb'
-alias gcrails='~/rubygc/bin/rails'
-```
-
-Don't forget to use your aliases from now on.
+Since Ruby 2 is now mainstream and handles garbage collection issues these docs have been cut. [View older readme explaning how to install optimized Ruby 1 builds](https://github.com/rails/rails-perftest/blob/2d4bbd6206f86a3bbe38ed825dddbf555ffdce41/README.md#installing-gc-patched-mri).
 
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