James Edward Gray II wrote:
> Just my experience, but 1.8.3 cause me nothing but pain.  I had  trouble 
> with Rake, Rails, RubyGems/RubyForge, YAML, and the  documentation after 
> I upgraded.  I fixed as many issues as I could,  then finally gave up 
> and downgraded back to 1.8.2.  I can only hope  you would have a better 
> experience, but with 1.8.4 due next month, it  might be worth waiting...

Thank you for letting me know this, James. I'll wait a month or two! :-)