Merge branch 'master' of github.com:rails/rails

63 files changed, 988 insertions, 1432 deletions

diff --git a/actionmailer/test/url_test.rb b/actionmailer/test/url_test.rb
index 71286bd1cf..2224f6321c 100644
--- a/actionmailer/test/url_test.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/test/url_test.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
 
 class TestMailer < ActionMailer::Base
-  
+
   default_url_options[:host] = 'www.basecamphq.com'
-  
+
   def signed_up_with_url(recipient)
     @recipients   = recipient
     @subject      = "[Signed up] Welcome #{recipient}"
@@ -52,25 +52,27 @@ class ActionMailerUrlTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_signed_up_with_url
-    ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| 
-      map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' 
-      map.welcome 'welcome', :controller=>"foo", :action=>"bar"
-    end
+    ActionController::Routing.use_controllers! ['welcome'] do
+      ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
+        map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
+        map.welcome 'welcome', :controller=>"foo", :action=>"bar"
+      end
 
-    expected = new_mail
-    expected.to      = @recipient
-    expected.subject = "[Signed up] Welcome #{@recipient}"
-    expected.body    = "Hello there, \n\nMr. #{@recipient}. Please see our greeting at http://example.com/welcome/greeting http://www.basecamphq.com/welcome\n\n<img alt=\"Somelogo\" src=\"/images/somelogo.png\" />"
-    expected.from    = "system@loudthinking.com"
-    expected.date    = Time.local(2004, 12, 12)
-
-    created = nil
-    assert_nothing_raised { created = TestMailer.create_signed_up_with_url(@recipient) }
-    assert_not_nil created
-    assert_equal expected.encoded, created.encoded
-
-    assert_nothing_raised { TestMailer.deliver_signed_up_with_url(@recipient) }
-    assert_not_nil ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.first
-    assert_equal expected.encoded, ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.first.encoded
+      expected = new_mail
+      expected.to      = @recipient
+      expected.subject = "[Signed up] Welcome #{@recipient}"
+      expected.body    = "Hello there, \n\nMr. #{@recipient}. Please see our greeting at http://example.com/welcome/greeting http://www.basecamphq.com/welcome\n\n<img alt=\"Somelogo\" src=\"/images/somelogo.png\" />"
+      expected.from    = "system@loudthinking.com"
+      expected.date    = Time.local(2004, 12, 12)
+
+      created = nil
+      assert_nothing_raised { created = TestMailer.create_signed_up_with_url(@recipient) }
+      assert_not_nil created
+      assert_equal expected.encoded, created.encoded
+
+      assert_nothing_raised { TestMailer.deliver_signed_up_with_url(@recipient) }
+      assert_not_nil ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.first
+      assert_equal expected.encoded, ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.first.encoded
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
index 7c88520bac..cbbd7e6951 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ end
 # See RFC 3986, section 3.3 for allowed path characters.
 class UriReservedCharactersRoutingTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
-    ActionController::Routing.use_controllers! ['controller']
     @set = ActionController::Routing::RouteSet.new
     @set.draw do |map|
       map.connect ':controller/:action/:variable/*additional'
@@ -36,8 +35,9 @@ class UriReservedCharactersRoutingTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_route_generation_escapes_unsafe_path_characters
-    assert_equal "/contr#{@segment}oller/act#{@escaped}ion/var#{@escaped}iable/add#{@escaped}itional-1/add#{@escaped}itional-2",
-      @set.generate(:controller => "contr#{@segment}oller",
+    @set.generate(:controller => "content", :action => "act#{@segment}ion", :variable => "variable", :additional => "foo")
+    assert_equal "/content/act#{@escaped}ion/var#{@escaped}iable/add#{@escaped}itional-1/add#{@escaped}itional-2",
+      @set.generate(:controller => "content",
                     :action => "act#{@segment}ion",
                     :variable => "var#{@segment}iable",
                     :additional => ["add#{@segment}itional-1", "add#{@segment}itional-2"])
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class UriReservedCharactersRoutingTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_route_generation_allows_passing_non_string_values_to_generated_helper
-    assert_equal "/controller/action/variable/1/2", @set.generate(:controller => "controller",
+    assert_equal "/content/action/variable/1/2", @set.generate(:controller => "content",
                                                                   :action => "action",
                                                                   :variable => "variable",
                                                                   :additional => [1, 2])
@@ -407,35 +407,7 @@ class LegacyRouteSetTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     rs.draw do |map|
       map.post 'post/:id', :controller=> 'post', :action=> 'show', :requirements => {:id => /\d+/}
     end
-    exception = assert_raise(ActionController::RoutingError) { rs.generate(:controller => 'post', :action => 'show', :bad_param => "foo", :use_route => "post") }
-    assert_match /^post_url failed to generate/, exception.message
-    from_match = exception.message.match(/from \{[^\}]+\}/).to_s
-    assert_match /:bad_param=>"foo"/,   from_match
-    assert_match /:action=>"show"/,     from_match
-    assert_match /:controller=>"post"/, from_match
-
-    expected_match = exception.message.match(/expected: \{[^\}]+\}/).to_s
-    assert_no_match /:bad_param=>"foo"/,   expected_match
-    assert_match    /:action=>"show"/,     expected_match
-    assert_match    /:controller=>"post"/, expected_match
-
-    diff_match = exception.message.match(/diff: \{[^\}]+\}/).to_s
-    assert_match    /:bad_param=>"foo"/,   diff_match
-    assert_no_match /:action=>"show"/,     diff_match
-    assert_no_match /:controller=>"post"/, diff_match
-  end
-
-  # this specifies the case where your formerly would get a very confusing error message with an empty diff
-  def test_should_have_better_error_message_when_options_diff_is_empty
-    rs.draw do |map|
-      map.content '/content/:query', :controller => 'content', :action => 'show'
-    end
-
-    exception = assert_raise(ActionController::RoutingError) { rs.generate(:controller => 'content', :action => 'show', :use_route => "content") }
-    assert_match %r[:action=>"show"], exception.message
-    assert_match %r[:controller=>"content"], exception.message
-    assert_match %r[you may have ambiguous routes, or you may need to supply additional parameters for this route], exception.message
-    assert_match %r[content_url has the following required parameters: \["content", :query\] - are they all satisfied?], exception.message
+    assert_raise(ActionController::RoutingError) { rs.generate(:controller => 'post', :action => 'show', :bad_param => "foo", :use_route => "post") }
   end
 
   def test_dynamic_path_allowed
@@ -503,17 +475,6 @@ class LegacyRouteSetTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal '/content', rs.generate({:controller => 'content'}, {:controller => 'content', :action => 'show'})
   end
 
-  def test_recognition_with_uppercase_controller_name
-    @rs.draw {|m| m.connect ':controller/:action/:id' }
-    assert_equal({:controller => "content", :action => 'index'}, rs.recognize_path("/Content"))
-    assert_equal({:controller => "content", :action => 'list'}, rs.recognize_path("/ConTent/list"))
-    assert_equal({:controller => "content", :action => 'show', :id => '10'}, rs.recognize_path("/CONTENT/show/10"))
-
-    # these used to work, before the routes rewrite, but support for this was pulled in the new version...
-    #assert_equal({'controller' => "admin/news_feed", 'action' => 'index'}, rs.recognize_path("Admin/NewsFeed"))
-    #assert_equal({'controller' => "admin/news_feed", 'action' => 'index'}, rs.recognize_path("Admin/News_Feed"))
-  end
-
   def test_requirement_should_prevent_optional_id
     rs.draw do |map|
       map.post 'post/:id', :controller=> 'post', :action=> 'show', :requirements => {:id => /\d+/}
@@ -760,12 +721,9 @@ class RouteSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   def default_route_set
     @default_route_set ||= begin
-      set = nil
-      ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['accounts']) do
-        set = ROUTING::RouteSet.new
-        set.draw do |map|
-          map.connect '/:controller/:action/:id/'
-        end
+      set = ROUTING::RouteSet.new
+      set.draw do |map|
+        map.connect '/:controller/:action/:id/'
       end
       set
     end
@@ -953,44 +911,38 @@ class RouteSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_draw_default_route
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['users']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/:controller/:action/:id'
-      end
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/:controller/:action/:id'
+    end
 
-      assert_equal 1, set.routes.size
+    assert_equal 1, set.routes.size
 
-      assert_equal '/users/show/10', set.generate(:controller => 'users', :action => 'show', :id => 10)
-      assert_equal '/users/index/10', set.generate(:controller => 'users', :id => 10)
+    assert_equal '/users/show/10', set.generate(:controller => 'users', :action => 'show', :id => 10)
+    assert_equal '/users/index/10', set.generate(:controller => 'users', :id => 10)
 
-      assert_equal({:controller => 'users', :action => 'index', :id => '10'}, set.recognize_path('/users/index/10'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => 'users', :action => 'index', :id => '10'}, set.recognize_path('/users/index/10/'))
-    end
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'users', :action => 'index', :id => '10'}, set.recognize_path('/users/index/10'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'users', :action => 'index', :id => '10'}, set.recognize_path('/users/index/10/'))
   end
 
   def test_draw_default_route_with_default_controller
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['users']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/:controller/:action/:id', :controller => 'users'
-      end
-      assert_equal({:controller => 'users', :action => 'index'}, set.recognize_path('/'))
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/:controller/:action/:id', :controller => 'users'
     end
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'users', :action => 'index'}, set.recognize_path('/'))
   end
 
   def test_route_with_parameter_shell
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['users', 'pages']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect 'page/:id', :controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/
-        map.connect '/:controller/:action/:id'
-      end
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect 'page/:id', :controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/
+      map.connect '/:controller/:action/:id'
+    end
 
-      assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'index'}, set.recognize_path('/pages'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'index'}, set.recognize_path('/pages/index'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'list'}, set.recognize_path('/pages/list'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'index'}, set.recognize_path('/pages'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'index'}, set.recognize_path('/pages/index'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'list'}, set.recognize_path('/pages/list'))
 
-      assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => '10'}, set.recognize_path('/pages/show/10'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => '10'}, set.recognize_path('/page/10'))
-    end
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => '10'}, set.recognize_path('/pages/show/10'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => '10'}, set.recognize_path('/page/10'))
   end
 
   def test_route_requirements_with_anchor_chars_are_invalid
@@ -1019,14 +971,6 @@ class RouteSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         map.connect 'page/:id', :controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+\z/
       end
     end
-    assert_nothing_raised do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect 'page/:id', :controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/, :name => /^(david|jamis)/
-      end
-      assert_raise ActionController::RoutingError do
-        set.generate :controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => 10
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   def test_route_requirements_with_invalid_http_method_is_invalid
@@ -1053,19 +997,6 @@ class RouteSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  def test_non_path_route_requirements_match_all
-    set.draw do |map|
-      map.connect 'page/37s', :controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :name => /(jamis|david)/
-    end
-    assert_equal '/page/37s', set.generate(:controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :name => 'jamis')
-    assert_raise ActionController::RoutingError do
-      set.generate(:controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :name => 'not_jamis')
-    end
-    assert_raise ActionController::RoutingError do
-      set.generate(:controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :name => 'nor_jamis_and_david')
-    end
-  end
-
   def test_recognize_with_encoded_id_and_regex
     set.draw do |map|
       map.connect 'page/:id', :controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :id => /[a-zA-Z0-9\+]+/
@@ -1375,20 +1306,20 @@ class RouteSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     set.draw do |map|
       map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
     end
-    assert_equal '/post', set.generate(
-      {:controller => 'post', :action => 'index'},
-      {:controller => 'post', :action => 'show', :id => '10'}
+    assert_equal '/books', set.generate(
+      {:controller => 'books', :action => 'index'},
+      {:controller => 'books', :action => 'show', :id => '10'}
     )
   end
 
   def test_query_params_will_be_shown_when_recalled
     set.draw do |map|
-      map.connect 'show_post/:parameter', :controller => 'post', :action => 'show'
+      map.connect 'show_weblog/:parameter', :controller => 'weblog', :action => 'show'
       map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
     end
-    assert_equal '/post/edit?parameter=1', set.generate(
+    assert_equal '/weblog/edit?parameter=1', set.generate(
       {:action => 'edit', :parameter => 1},
-      {:controller => 'post', :action => 'show', :parameter => 1}
+      {:controller => 'weblog', :action => 'show', :parameter => 1}
     )
   end
 
@@ -1410,23 +1341,9 @@ class RouteSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   def test_expiry_determination_should_consider_values_with_to_param
     set.draw { |map| map.connect 'projects/:project_id/:controller/:action' }
-    assert_equal '/projects/1/post/show', set.generate(
+    assert_equal '/projects/1/weblog/show', set.generate(
       {:action => 'show', :project_id => 1},
-      {:controller => 'post', :action => 'show', :project_id => '1'})
-  end
-
-  def test_generate_all
-    set.draw do |map|
-      map.connect 'show_post/:id', :controller => 'post', :action => 'show'
-      map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
-    end
-    all = set.generate(
-      {:action => 'show', :id => 10, :generate_all => true},
-      {:controller => 'post', :action => 'show'}
-    )
-    assert_equal 2, all.length
-    assert_equal '/show_post/10', all.first
-    assert_equal '/post/show/10', all.last
+      {:controller => 'weblog', :action => 'show', :project_id => '1'})
   end
 
   def test_named_route_in_nested_resource
@@ -1603,101 +1520,86 @@ class RouteSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal({:controller => 'pages', :action => 'show', :name => :as_symbol}, set.recognize_path('/named'))
   end
 
-
   def test_interpolation_chunk_should_respect_raw
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['hello']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/Hello World', :controller => 'hello'
-      end
-
-      assert_equal '/Hello%20World', set.generate(:controller => 'hello')
-      assert_equal({:controller => "hello", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/Hello World'))
-      assert_raise(ActionController::RoutingError) { set.recognize_path('/Hello%20World') }
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/Hello World', :controller => 'hello'
     end
+
+    assert_equal '/Hello%20World', set.generate(:controller => 'hello')
+    assert_equal({:controller => "hello", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/Hello World'))
+    assert_raise(ActionController::RoutingError) { set.recognize_path('/Hello%20World') }
   end
 
   def test_value_should_not_be_double_unescaped
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['foo']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/Карта', :controller => 'foo'
-      end
-
-      assert_equal '/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0', set.generate(:controller => 'foo')
-      assert_equal({:controller => "foo", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/Карта'))
-      assert_raise(ActionController::RoutingError) { set.recognize_path('/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0') }
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/Карта', :controller => 'foo'
     end
+
+    assert_equal '/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0', set.generate(:controller => 'foo')
+    assert_equal({:controller => "foo", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/Карта'))
+    assert_raise(ActionController::RoutingError) { set.recognize_path('/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0') }
   end
 
   def test_regexp_chunk_should_escape_specials
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['foo', 'bar']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/Hello*World', :controller => 'foo'
-        map.connect '/HelloWorld', :controller => 'bar'
-      end
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/Hello*World', :controller => 'foo'
+      map.connect '/HelloWorld', :controller => 'bar'
+    end
 
-      assert_equal '/Hello*World', set.generate(:controller => 'foo')
-      assert_equal '/HelloWorld', set.generate(:controller => 'bar')
+    assert_equal '/Hello*World', set.generate(:controller => 'foo')
+    assert_equal '/HelloWorld', set.generate(:controller => 'bar')
 
-      assert_equal({:controller => "foo", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/Hello*World'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => "bar", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/HelloWorld'))
-    end
+    assert_equal({:controller => "foo", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/Hello*World'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => "bar", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/HelloWorld'))
   end
 
   def test_regexp_chunk_should_add_question_mark_for_optionals
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['foo', 'bar']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/', :controller => 'foo'
-        map.connect '/hello', :controller => 'bar'
-      end
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/', :controller => 'foo'
+      map.connect '/hello', :controller => 'bar'
+    end
 
-      assert_equal '/', set.generate(:controller => 'foo')
-      assert_equal '/hello', set.generate(:controller => 'bar')
+    assert_equal '/', set.generate(:controller => 'foo')
+    assert_equal '/hello', set.generate(:controller => 'bar')
 
-      assert_equal({:controller => "foo", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => "bar", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/hello'))
-    end
+    assert_equal({:controller => "foo", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => "bar", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/hello'))
   end
 
   def test_assign_route_options_with_anchor_chars
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['cars']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/cars/:action/:person/:car/', :controller => 'cars'
-      end
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/cars/:action/:person/:car/', :controller => 'cars'
+    end
 
-      assert_equal '/cars/buy/1/2', set.generate(:controller => 'cars', :action => 'buy', :person => '1', :car => '2')
+    assert_equal '/cars/buy/1/2', set.generate(:controller => 'cars', :action => 'buy', :person => '1', :car => '2')
 
-      assert_equal({:controller => "cars", :action => "buy", :person => "1", :car => "2"}, set.recognize_path('/cars/buy/1/2'))
-    end
+    assert_equal({:controller => "cars", :action => "buy", :person => "1", :car => "2"}, set.recognize_path('/cars/buy/1/2'))
   end
 
   def test_segmentation_of_dot_path
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['books']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/books/:action.rss', :controller => 'books'
-      end
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/books/:action.rss', :controller => 'books'
+    end
 
-      assert_equal '/books/list.rss', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'list')
+    assert_equal '/books/list.rss', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'list')
 
-      assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "list"}, set.recognize_path('/books/list.rss'))
-    end
+    assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "list"}, set.recognize_path('/books/list.rss'))
   end
 
   def test_segmentation_of_dynamic_dot_path
-    ActionController::Routing.with_controllers(['books']) do
-      set.draw do |map|
-        map.connect '/books/:action.:format', :controller => 'books'
-      end
+    set.draw do |map|
+      map.connect '/books/:action.:format', :controller => 'books'
+    end
 
-      assert_equal '/books/list.rss', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'list', :format => 'rss')
-      assert_equal '/books/list.xml', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'list', :format => 'xml')
-      assert_equal '/books/list', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'list')
-      assert_equal '/books', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'index')
+    assert_equal '/books/list.rss', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'list', :format => 'rss')
+    assert_equal '/books/list.xml', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'list', :format => 'xml')
+    assert_equal '/books/list', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'list')
+    assert_equal '/books', set.generate(:controller => 'books', :action => 'index')
 
-      assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "list", :format => "rss"}, set.recognize_path('/books/list.rss'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "list", :format => "xml"}, set.recognize_path('/books/list.xml'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "list"}, set.recognize_path('/books/list'))
-      assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/books'))
-    end
+    assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "list", :format => "rss"}, set.recognize_path('/books/list.rss'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "list", :format => "xml"}, set.recognize_path('/books/list.xml'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "list"}, set.recognize_path('/books/list'))
+    assert_equal({:controller => "books", :action => "index"}, set.recognize_path('/books'))
   end
 
   def test_slashes_are_implied
@@ -1782,32 +1684,43 @@ class RouteSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_build_empty_query_string
-    assert_equal '/foo', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo'})
+    assert_uri_equal '/foo', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo'})
   end
 
   def test_build_query_string_with_nil_value
-    assert_equal '/foo', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => nil})
+    assert_uri_equal '/foo', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => nil})
   end
 
   def test_simple_build_query_string
-    assert_equal '/foo?x=1&y=2', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => '1', :y => '2'})
+    assert_uri_equal '/foo?x=1&y=2', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => '1', :y => '2'})
   end
 
   def test_convert_ints_build_query_string
-    assert_equal '/foo?x=1&y=2', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => 1, :y => 2})
+    assert_uri_equal '/foo?x=1&y=2', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => 1, :y => 2})
   end
 
   def test_escape_spaces_build_query_string
-    assert_equal '/foo?x=hello+world&y=goodbye+world', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => 'hello world', :y => 'goodbye world'})
+    assert_uri_equal '/foo?x=hello+world&y=goodbye+world', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => 'hello world', :y => 'goodbye world'})
   end
 
   def test_expand_array_build_query_string
-    assert_equal '/foo?x%5B%5D=1&x%5B%5D=2', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => [1, 2]})
+    assert_uri_equal '/foo?x%5B%5D=1&x%5B%5D=2', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => [1, 2]})
   end
 
   def test_escape_spaces_build_query_string_selected_keys
-    assert_equal '/foo?x=hello+world', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => 'hello world'})
+    assert_uri_equal '/foo?x=hello+world', default_route_set.generate({:controller => 'foo', :x => 'hello world'})
   end
+
+  private
+    def assert_uri_equal(expected, actual)
+      assert_equal(sort_query_string_params(expected), sort_query_string_params(actual))
+    end
+
+    def sort_query_string_params(uri)
+      path, qs = uri.split('?')
+      qs = qs.split('&').sort.join('&') if qs
+      qs ? "#{path}?#{qs}" : path
+    end
 end
 
 class RouteLoadingTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/url_rewriter_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/url_rewriter_test.rb
index 4c4bf9ade4..d81ced96a8 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/url_rewriter_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/url_rewriter_test.rb
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ class UrlWriterTests < ActionController::TestCase
     params = extract_params(url)
     assert_equal params[0], { 'query[hobby]'              => 'piercing'     }.to_query
     assert_equal params[1], { 'query[person][name]'       => 'Bob'          }.to_query
-    assert_equal params[2], { 'query[person][position][]' => 'prof'         }.to_query
-    assert_equal params[3], { 'query[person][position][]' => 'art director' }.to_query
+    assert_equal params[2], { 'query[person][position][]' => 'art director' }.to_query
+    assert_equal params[3], { 'query[person][position][]' => 'prof'         }.to_query
   end
 
   def test_path_generation_for_symbol_parameter_keys
@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ class UrlWriterTests < ActionController::TestCase
       controller = kls.new
       params = {:id => 1, :format => :xml}
       assert_deprecated do
-        assert_equal("/posts/1.xml", controller.send(:formatted_post_path, params))    
+        assert_equal("/posts/1.xml", controller.send(:formatted_post_path, params))
       end
       assert_deprecated do
-        assert_equal("/posts/1.xml", controller.send(:formatted_post_path, 1, :xml))    
+        assert_equal("/posts/1.xml", controller.send(:formatted_post_path, 1, :xml))
       end
     end
   end
@@ -382,6 +382,6 @@ class UrlWriterTests < ActionController::TestCase
 
   private
     def extract_params(url)
-      url.split('?', 2).last.split('&')
+      url.split('?', 2).last.split('&').sort
     end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record.rb
index 2d66fa9fcb..8f118a6057 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
   autoload :AssociationPreload, 'active_record/association_preload'
   autoload :Associations, 'active_record/associations'
   autoload :AttributeMethods, 'active_record/attribute_methods'
+  autoload :Attributes, 'active_record/attributes'
   autoload :AutosaveAssociation, 'active_record/autosave_association'
   autoload :Relation, 'active_record/relation'
   autoload :Base, 'active_record/base'
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
   autoload :TestCase, 'active_record/test_case'
   autoload :Timestamp, 'active_record/timestamp'
   autoload :Transactions, 'active_record/transactions'
+  autoload :Types, 'active_record/types'
   autoload :Validator, 'active_record/validator'
   autoload :Validations, 'active_record/validations'
 
@@ -87,6 +89,20 @@ module ActiveRecord
     autoload :Write, 'active_record/attribute_methods/write'
   end
 
+  module Attributes
+    autoload :Aliasing, 'active_record/attributes/aliasing'
+    autoload :Store, 'active_record/attributes/store'
+    autoload :Typecasting, 'active_record/attributes/typecasting'
+  end
+
+  module Type
+    autoload :Number, 'active_record/types/number'
+    autoload :Object, 'active_record/types/object'
+    autoload :Serialize, 'active_record/types/serialize'
+    autoload :TimeWithZone, 'active_record/types/time_with_zone'
+    autoload :Unknown, 'active_record/types/unknown'
+  end
+
   module Locking
     autoload :Optimistic, 'active_record/locking/optimistic'
     autoload :Pessimistic, 'active_record/locking/pessimistic'
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb
index a4e144f233..74921241f7 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb
@@ -8,25 +8,18 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def read_attribute_before_type_cast(attr_name)
-        @attributes[attr_name]
+        _attributes.without_typecast[attr_name]
       end
 
       # Returns a hash of attributes before typecasting and deserialization.
       def attributes_before_type_cast
-        self.attribute_names.inject({}) do |attrs, name|
-          attrs[name] = read_attribute_before_type_cast(name)
-          attrs
-        end
+        _attributes.without_typecast
       end
 
       private
         # Handle *_before_type_cast for method_missing.
         def attribute_before_type_cast(attribute_name)
-          if attribute_name == 'id'
-            read_attribute_before_type_cast(self.class.primary_key)
-          else
-            read_attribute_before_type_cast(attribute_name)
-          end
+          read_attribute_before_type_cast(attribute_name)
         end
     end
   end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/query.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/query.rb
index a949d80120..0154ee35f8 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/query.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/query.rb
@@ -8,23 +8,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def query_attribute(attr_name)
-        unless value = read_attribute(attr_name)
-          false
-        else
-          column = self.class.columns_hash[attr_name]
-          if column.nil?
-            if Numeric === value || value !~ /[^0-9]/
-              !value.to_i.zero?
-            else
-              return false if ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column::FALSE_VALUES.include?(value)
-              !value.blank?
-            end
-          elsif column.number?
-            !value.zero?
-          else
-            !value.blank?
-          end
-        end
+        _attributes.has?(attr_name)
       end
 
       private
@@ -35,3 +19,5 @@ module ActiveRecord
     end
   end
 end
+
+
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
index 3da3d9d8cc..97caec7744 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         protected
           def define_method_attribute(attr_name)
-            if self.serialized_attributes[attr_name]
-              define_read_method_for_serialized_attribute(attr_name)
-            else
-              define_read_method(attr_name.to_sym, attr_name, columns_hash[attr_name])
-            end
+            define_read_method(attr_name.to_sym, attr_name, columns_hash[attr_name])
 
             if attr_name == primary_key && attr_name != "id"
               define_read_method(:id, attr_name, columns_hash[attr_name])
@@ -49,18 +45,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
           end
 
         private
-          # Define read method for serialized attribute.
-          def define_read_method_for_serialized_attribute(attr_name)
-            generated_attribute_methods.module_eval("def #{attr_name}; unserialize_attribute('#{attr_name}'); end", __FILE__, __LINE__)
-          end
 
           # Define an attribute reader method.  Cope with nil column.
           def define_read_method(symbol, attr_name, column)
-            cast_code = column.type_cast_code('v') if column
-            access_code = cast_code ? "(v=@attributes['#{attr_name}']) && #{cast_code}" : "@attributes['#{attr_name}']"
-
+            access_code = "_attributes['#{attr_name}']"
             unless attr_name.to_s == self.primary_key.to_s
-              access_code = access_code.insert(0, "missing_attribute('#{attr_name}', caller) unless @attributes.has_key?('#{attr_name}'); ")
+              access_code = access_code.insert(0, "missing_attribute('#{attr_name}', caller) unless _attributes.key?('#{attr_name}'); ")
             end
 
             if cache_attribute?(attr_name)
@@ -73,38 +63,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # Returns the value of the attribute identified by <tt>attr_name</tt> after it has been typecast (for example,
       # "2004-12-12" in a data column is cast to a date object, like Date.new(2004, 12, 12)).
       def read_attribute(attr_name)
-        attr_name = attr_name.to_s
-        attr_name = self.class.primary_key if attr_name == 'id'
-        if !(value = @attributes[attr_name]).nil?
-          if column = column_for_attribute(attr_name)
-            if unserializable_attribute?(attr_name, column)
-              unserialize_attribute(attr_name)
-            else
-              column.type_cast(value)
-            end
-          else
-            value
-          end
-        else
-          nil
-        end
-      end
-
-      # Returns true if the attribute is of a text column and marked for serialization.
-      def unserializable_attribute?(attr_name, column)
-        column.text? && self.class.serialized_attributes[attr_name]
-      end
-
-      # Returns the unserialized object of the attribute.
-      def unserialize_attribute(attr_name)
-        unserialized_object = object_from_yaml(@attributes[attr_name])
-
-        if unserialized_object.is_a?(self.class.serialized_attributes[attr_name]) || unserialized_object.nil?
-          @attributes.frozen? ? unserialized_object : @attributes[attr_name] = unserialized_object
-        else
-          raise SerializationTypeMismatch,
-            "#{attr_name} was supposed to be a #{self.class.serialized_attributes[attr_name]}, but was a #{unserialized_object.class.to_s}"
-        end
+        _attributes[attr_name]
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/time_zone_conversion.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/time_zone_conversion.rb
index a8e3e28a7a..4ac0c7f608 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/time_zone_conversion.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/time_zone_conversion.rb
@@ -12,48 +12,20 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       module ClassMethods
+
+        def cache_attribute?(attr_name)
+          time_zone_aware?(attr_name) || super
+        end
+
         protected
-          # Defined for all +datetime+ and +timestamp+ attributes when +time_zone_aware_attributes+ are enabled.
-          # This enhanced read method automatically converts the UTC time stored in the database to the time zone stored in Time.zone.
-          def define_method_attribute(attr_name)
-            if create_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(attr_name, columns_hash[attr_name])
-              method_body = <<-EOV
-                def #{attr_name}(reload = false)
-                  cached = @attributes_cache['#{attr_name}']
-                  return cached if cached && !reload
-                  time = read_attribute('#{attr_name}')
-                  @attributes_cache['#{attr_name}'] = time.acts_like?(:time) ? time.in_time_zone : time
-                end
-              EOV
-              generated_attribute_methods.module_eval(method_body, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-            else
-              super
-            end
-          end
 
-          # Defined for all +datetime+ and +timestamp+ attributes when +time_zone_aware_attributes+ are enabled.
-          # This enhanced write method will automatically convert the time passed to it to the zone stored in Time.zone.
-          def define_method_attribute=(attr_name)
-            if create_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(attr_name, columns_hash[attr_name])
-              method_body = <<-EOV
-                def #{attr_name}=(time)
-                  unless time.acts_like?(:time)
-                    time = time.is_a?(String) ? Time.zone.parse(time) : time.to_time rescue time
-                  end
-                  time = time.in_time_zone rescue nil if time
-                  write_attribute(:#{attr_name}, time)
-                end
-              EOV
-              generated_attribute_methods.module_eval(method_body, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-            else
-              super
-            end
+          def time_zone_aware?(attr_name)
+            column = columns_hash[attr_name]
+            time_zone_aware_attributes &&
+              !skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes.include?(attr_name.to_sym) &&
+                [:datetime, :timestamp].include?(column.type)
           end
 
-        private
-          def create_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(name, column)
-            time_zone_aware_attributes && !skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes.include?(name.to_sym) && [:datetime, :timestamp].include?(column.type)
-          end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
index e31acac050..37eadbe0a9 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
@@ -17,14 +17,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # Updates the attribute identified by <tt>attr_name</tt> with the specified +value+. Empty strings for fixnum and float
       # columns are turned into +nil+.
       def write_attribute(attr_name, value)
-        attr_name = attr_name.to_s
-        attr_name = self.class.primary_key if attr_name == 'id'
+        attr_name = _attributes.unalias(attr_name)
         @attributes_cache.delete(attr_name)
-        if (column = column_for_attribute(attr_name)) && column.number?
-          @attributes[attr_name] = convert_number_column_value(value)
-        else
-          @attributes[attr_name] = value
-        end
+        _attributes[attr_name] = value
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4d9e89821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Attributes
+
+     # Returns true if the given attribute is in the attributes hash
+     def has_attribute?(attr_name)
+       _attributes.key?(attr_name)
+     end
+
+     # Returns an array of names for the attributes available on this object sorted alphabetically.
+     def attribute_names
+       _attributes.keys.sort!
+     end
+
+     # Returns a hash of all the attributes with their names as keys and the values of the attributes as values.
+     def attributes
+       attributes = _attributes.dup
+       attributes.typecast! unless _attributes.frozen?
+       attributes.to_h
+     end
+
+     protected
+
+     # Not to be confused with the public #attributes method, which returns a typecasted Hash.
+     def _attributes
+       @attributes
+     end
+
+     def initialize_attribute_store(merge_attributes = nil)
+       @attributes = ActiveRecord::Attributes::Store.new
+       @attributes.merge!(merge_attributes) if merge_attributes
+       @attributes.types.merge!(self.class.attribute_types)
+       @attributes.aliases.merge!('id' => self.class.primary_key) unless 'id' == self.class.primary_key
+       @attributes
+     end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/aliasing.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/aliasing.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db77739d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/aliasing.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Attributes
+    module Aliasing
+      # Allows access to keys using aliased names.
+      #
+      # Example:
+      # class Attributes < Hash
+      #   include Aliasing
+      # end
+      #
+      # attributes = Attributes.new
+      # attributes.aliases['id'] = 'fancy_primary_key'
+      # attributes['fancy_primary_key'] = 2020
+      #
+      # attributes['id']
+      # => 2020
+      #
+      # Additionally, symbols are always aliases of strings:
+      # attributes[:fancy_primary_key]
+      # => 2020
+      #
+      def [](key)
+        super(unalias(key))
+      end
+
+      def []=(key, value)
+        super(unalias(key), value)
+      end
+
+      def aliases
+        @aliases ||= {}
+      end
+
+      def unalias(key)
+        key = key.to_s
+        aliases[key] || key
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/store.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/store.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61109f4acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/store.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Attributes
+    class Store < Hash
+      include ActiveRecord::Attributes::Typecasting
+      include ActiveRecord::Attributes::Aliasing
+
+      # Attributes not mapped to a column are handled using Type::Unknown,
+      # which enables boolean typecasting for unmapped keys.
+      def types
+        @types ||= Hash.new(Type::Unknown.new)
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/typecasting.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/typecasting.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56c32f9895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes/typecasting.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Attributes
+    module Typecasting
+      # Typecasts values during access based on their key mapping to a Type.
+      #
+      # Example:
+      # class Attributes < Hash
+      #   include Typecasting
+      # end
+      #
+      # attributes = Attributes.new
+      # attributes.types['comments_count'] = Type::Integer
+      # attributes['comments_count'] = '5'
+      #
+      # attributes['comments_count']
+      # => 5
+      #
+      # To support keys not mapped to a typecaster, add a default to types.
+      # attributes.types.default = Type::Unknown
+      # attributes['age'] = '25'
+      # attributes['age']
+      # => '25'
+      #
+      # A valid type supports #cast, #precast, #boolean, and #appendable? methods.
+      #
+      def [](key)
+        value = super(key)
+        typecast_read(key, value)
+      end
+
+      def []=(key, value)
+        super(key, typecast_write(key, value))
+      end
+
+      def to_h
+        hash = {}
+        hash.merge!(self)
+        hash
+      end
+      
+      def dup # :nodoc:
+        copy = super
+        copy.types = types.dup
+        copy
+      end
+
+      # Provides a duplicate with typecasting disabled.
+      #
+      # Example:
+      # attributes = Attributes.new
+      # attributes.types['comments_count'] = Type::Integer
+      # attributes['comments_count'] = '5'
+      #
+      # attributes.without_typecast['comments_count']
+      # => '5'
+      #
+      def without_typecast
+        dup.without_typecast!
+      end
+
+      def without_typecast!
+        types.clear
+        self
+      end
+
+      def typecast!
+        keys.each { |key| self[key] = self[key] }
+        self
+      end
+
+      # Check if key has a value that typecasts to true.
+      #
+      # attributes = Attributes.new
+      # attributes.types['comments_count'] = Type::Integer
+      #
+      # attributes['comments_count'] = 0
+      # attributes.has?('comments_count')
+      # => false
+      #
+      # attributes['comments_count'] = 1
+      # attributes.has?('comments_count')
+      # => true
+      #
+      def has?(key)
+        value = self[key]
+        boolean_typecast(key, value)
+      end
+
+      def types
+        @types ||= {}
+      end
+
+      protected
+
+      def types=(other_types)
+        @types = other_types
+      end
+
+      def boolean_typecast(key, value)
+        value ? types[key].boolean(value) : false
+      end
+
+      def typecast_read(key, value)
+        type  = types[key]
+        value = type.cast(value)
+        self[key] = value if type.appendable? && !frozen?
+
+        value
+      end
+
+      def typecast_write(key, value)
+        types[key].precast(value)
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 76dbd00ad9..4274df54cc 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         def instantiate(record)
           object = find_sti_class(record[inheritance_column]).allocate
 
-          object.instance_variable_set(:'@attributes', record)
+          object.send(:initialize_attribute_store, record)
           object.instance_variable_set(:'@attributes_cache', {})
 
           object.send(:_run_find_callbacks)
@@ -2415,7 +2415,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       # In both instances, valid attribute keys are determined by the column names of the associated table --
       # hence you can't have attributes that aren't part of the table columns.
       def initialize(attributes = nil)
-        @attributes = attributes_from_column_definition
+        initialize_attribute_store(attributes_from_column_definition)
         @attributes_cache = {}
         @new_record = true
         ensure_proper_type
@@ -2441,7 +2441,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         callback(:after_initialize) if respond_to_without_attributes?(:after_initialize)
         cloned_attributes = other.clone_attributes(:read_attribute_before_type_cast)
         cloned_attributes.delete(self.class.primary_key)
-        @attributes = cloned_attributes
+        initialize_attribute_store(cloned_attributes)
         clear_aggregation_cache
         @attributes_cache = {}
         @new_record = true
@@ -2667,7 +2667,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       def reload(options = nil)
         clear_aggregation_cache
         clear_association_cache
-        @attributes.update(self.class.find(self.id, options).instance_variable_get('@attributes'))
+        _attributes.update(self.class.find(self.id, options).instance_variable_get('@attributes'))
         @attributes_cache = {}
         self
       end
@@ -2764,16 +2764,6 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         !value.blank?
       end
 
-      # Returns true if the given attribute is in the attributes hash
-      def has_attribute?(attr_name)
-        @attributes.has_key?(attr_name.to_s)
-      end
-
-      # Returns an array of names for the attributes available on this object sorted alphabetically.
-      def attribute_names
-        @attributes.keys.sort
-      end
-
       # Returns the column object for the named attribute.
       def column_for_attribute(name)
         self.class.columns_hash[name.to_s]
@@ -2897,18 +2887,6 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         end
       end
 
-      def convert_number_column_value(value)
-        if value == false
-          0
-        elsif value == true
-          1
-        elsif value.is_a?(String) && value.blank?
-          nil
-        else
-          value
-        end
-      end
-
       def remove_attributes_protected_from_mass_assignment(attributes)
         safe_attributes =
           if self.class.accessible_attributes.nil? && self.class.protected_attributes.nil?
@@ -3027,7 +3005,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       end
 
       def instantiate_time_object(name, values)
-        if self.class.send(:create_time_zone_conversion_attribute?, name, column_for_attribute(name))
+        if self.class.send(:time_zone_aware?, name)
           Time.zone.local(*values)
         else
           Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(@@default_timezone, *values)
@@ -3114,10 +3092,6 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         comma_pair_list(quote_columns(quoter, hash))
       end
 
-      def object_from_yaml(string)
-        return string unless string.is_a?(String) && string =~ /^---/
-        YAML::load(string) rescue string
-      end
   end
 
   Base.class_eval do
@@ -3132,6 +3106,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
     include AttributeMethods::PrimaryKey
     include AttributeMethods::TimeZoneConversion
     include AttributeMethods::Dirty
+    include Attributes, Types
     include Callbacks, ActiveModel::Observing, Timestamp
     include Associations, AssociationPreload, NamedScope
     include ActiveModel::Conversion
@@ -3141,6 +3116,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
     include AutosaveAssociation, NestedAttributes
 
     include Aggregations, Transactions, Reflection, Batches, Calculations, Serialization
+
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/types.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74f569352b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Types
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+    module ClassMethods
+
+      def attribute_types
+        attribute_types = {}
+        columns.each do |column|
+          options = {}
+          options[:time_zone_aware] = time_zone_aware?(column.name)
+          options[:serialize]       = serialized_attributes[column.name]
+
+          attribute_types[column.name] = to_type(column, options)
+        end
+        attribute_types
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def to_type(column, options = {})
+        type_class = if options[:time_zone_aware]
+          Type::TimeWithZone
+        elsif options[:serialize]
+          Type::Serialize
+        elsif [ :integer, :float, :decimal ].include?(column.type)
+          Type::Number
+        else
+          Type::Object
+        end
+
+        type_class.new(column, options)
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/number.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/number.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfbe877575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/number.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Type
+    class Number < Object
+
+      def boolean(value)
+        value = cast(value)
+        !(value.nil? || value.zero?)
+      end
+
+      def precast(value)
+        convert_number_column_value(value)
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def convert_number_column_value(value)
+        if value == false
+          0
+        elsif value == true
+          1
+        elsif value.is_a?(String) && value.blank?
+          nil
+        else
+          value
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/object.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/object.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec3f861abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/object.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Type
+    module Casting
+
+       def cast(value)
+         typecaster.type_cast(value)
+       end
+
+       def precast(value)
+         value
+       end
+
+       def boolean(value)
+         cast(value).present?
+       end
+
+       # Attributes::Typecasting stores appendable? types (e.g. serialized Arrays) when typecasting reads.
+       def appendable?
+         false
+       end
+
+    end
+
+    class Object
+      include Casting
+
+      attr_reader :name, :options
+      attr_reader :typecaster
+
+      def initialize(typecaster = nil, options = {})
+        @typecaster, @options = typecaster, options
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/serialize.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/serialize.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b6af1981f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/serialize.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Type
+    class Serialize < Object
+
+      def cast(value)
+        unserialize(value)
+      end
+
+      def appendable?
+        true
+      end
+
+      protected
+
+      def unserialize(value)
+        unserialized_object = object_from_yaml(value)
+
+        if unserialized_object.is_a?(@options[:serialize]) || unserialized_object.nil?
+          unserialized_object
+        else
+          raise SerializationTypeMismatch,
+            "#{name} was supposed to be a #{@options[:serialize]}, but was a #{unserialized_object.class.to_s}"
+        end
+      end
+
+      def object_from_yaml(string)
+        return string unless string.is_a?(String) && string =~ /^---/
+        YAML::load(string) rescue string
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/time_with_zone.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/time_with_zone.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a8b9292f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/time_with_zone.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Type
+    class TimeWithZone < Object
+
+      def cast(time)
+        time = super(time)
+        time.acts_like?(:time) ? time.in_time_zone : time
+      end
+
+      def precast(time)
+        unless time.acts_like?(:time)
+          time = time.is_a?(String) ? ::Time.zone.parse(time) : time.to_time rescue time
+        end
+        time = time.in_time_zone rescue nil if time
+        super(time)
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/unknown.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/unknown.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f832c7b304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/types/unknown.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module Type
+    # Useful for handling attributes not mapped to types. Performs some boolean typecasting,
+    # but otherwise leaves the value untouched.
+    class Unknown
+
+      def cast(value)
+        value
+      end
+
+      def precast(value)
+        value
+      end
+
+      # Attempts typecasting to handle numeric, false and blank values.
+      def boolean(value)
+        empty = (numeric?(value) && value.to_i.zero?) || false?(value) || value.blank?
+        !empty
+      end
+
+      def appendable?
+        false
+      end
+
+      protected
+
+      def false?(value)
+        ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column::FALSE_VALUES.include?(value)
+      end
+
+      def numeric?(value)
+        Numeric === value || value !~ /[^0-9]/
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/attributes/aliasing_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/attributes/aliasing_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ee25779f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/attributes/aliasing_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+
+class AliasingTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+
+  class AliasingAttributes < Hash
+    include ActiveRecord::Attributes::Aliasing
+  end
+
+  test "attribute access with aliasing" do
+    attributes = AliasingAttributes.new
+    attributes[:name] = 'Batman'
+    attributes.aliases['nickname'] = 'name'
+
+    assert_equal 'Batman', attributes[:name], "Symbols should point to Strings"
+    assert_equal 'Batman', attributes['name']
+    assert_equal 'Batman', attributes['nickname']
+    assert_equal 'Batman', attributes[:nickname]
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/attributes/typecasting_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/attributes/typecasting_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a3b551375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/attributes/typecasting_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+
+class TypecastingTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+
+  class TypecastingAttributes < Hash
+    include ActiveRecord::Attributes::Typecasting
+  end
+
+  module MockType
+    class Object
+
+      def cast(value)
+        value
+      end
+
+      def precast(value)
+        value
+      end
+
+      def boolean(value)
+        !value.blank?
+      end
+
+      def appendable?
+        false
+      end
+
+    end
+
+    class Integer < Object
+
+      def cast(value)
+        value.to_i
+      end
+
+      def precast(value)
+        value ? value : 0
+      end
+
+      def boolean(value)
+        !Float(value).zero?
+      end
+
+    end
+
+    class Serialize < Object
+
+      def cast(value)
+        YAML::load(value) rescue value
+      end
+
+      def precast(value)
+        value
+      end
+
+      def appendable?
+        true
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+
+  def setup
+    @attributes = TypecastingAttributes.new
+    @attributes.types.default = MockType::Object.new
+    @attributes.types['comments_count'] = MockType::Integer.new
+  end
+
+  test "typecast on read" do
+    attributes = @attributes.merge('comments_count' => '5')
+    assert_equal 5, attributes['comments_count']
+  end
+
+  test "typecast on write" do
+    @attributes['comments_count'] = false
+
+    assert_equal 0, @attributes.to_h['comments_count']
+  end
+
+  test "serialized objects" do
+    attributes = @attributes.merge('tags' => [ 'peanut butter' ].to_yaml)
+    attributes.types['tags'] = MockType::Serialize.new
+    attributes['tags'] << 'jelly'
+
+    assert_equal [ 'peanut butter', 'jelly' ], attributes['tags']
+  end
+
+  test "without typecasting" do
+    @attributes.merge!('comments_count' => '5')
+    attributes = @attributes.without_typecast
+    
+    assert_equal '5', attributes['comments_count']
+    assert_equal  5,  @attributes['comments_count'], "Original attributes should typecast"
+  end
+
+
+  test "typecast all attributes" do
+    attributes = @attributes.merge('title' => 'I love sandwiches', 'comments_count' => '5')
+    attributes.typecast!
+
+    assert_equal({ 'title' => 'I love sandwiches', 'comments_count' => 5 }, attributes)
+  end
+
+  test "query for has? value" do
+    attributes = @attributes.merge('comments_count' => '1')
+
+    assert_equal true,  attributes.has?('comments_count')
+    attributes['comments_count'] = '0'
+    assert_equal false,  attributes.has?('comments_count')
+  end
+
+  test "attributes to Hash" do
+    attributes_hash = { 'title' => 'I love sandwiches', 'comments_count' => '5' }
+    attributes = @attributes.merge(attributes_hash)
+
+    assert_equal Hash, attributes.to_h.class
+    assert_equal attributes_hash, attributes.to_h
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/types/number_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/types/number_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee7216a0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/types/number_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+
+class NumberTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+
+  def setup
+    @column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new('comments_count', 0, 'integer')
+    @number = ActiveRecord::Type::Number.new(@column)
+  end
+
+  test "typecast" do
+    assert_equal 1, @number.cast(1)
+    assert_equal 1, @number.cast('1')
+    assert_equal 0, @number.cast('')
+
+    assert_equal 0,   @number.precast(false)
+    assert_equal 1,   @number.precast(true)
+    assert_equal nil, @number.precast('')
+    assert_equal 0,   @number.precast(0)
+  end
+
+  test "cast as boolean" do
+    assert_equal true, @number.boolean('1')
+    assert_equal true, @number.boolean(1)
+
+    assert_equal false, @number.boolean(0)
+    assert_equal false, @number.boolean('0')
+    assert_equal false, @number.boolean(nil)
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/types/object_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/types/object_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2667a9b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/types/object_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+
+class ObjectTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+
+  def setup
+    @column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new('name', '', 'date')
+    @object = ActiveRecord::Type::Object.new(@column)
+  end
+
+  test "typecast with column" do
+    date = Date.new(2009, 7, 10)
+    assert_equal date, @object.cast('10-07-2009')
+    assert_equal nil,  @object.cast('')
+
+    assert_equal date, @object.precast(date)
+  end
+
+  test "cast as boolean" do
+    assert_equal false, @object.boolean(nil)
+    assert_equal false, @object.boolean('false')
+    assert_equal true,  @object.boolean('10-07-2009')
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/types/serialize_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/types/serialize_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9423a5b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/types/serialize_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+
+class SerializeTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+
+  test "typecast" do
+    serializer = ActiveRecord::Type::Serialize.new(column = nil, :serialize => Array)
+
+    assert_equal [],    serializer.cast([].to_yaml)
+    assert_equal ['1'], serializer.cast(['1'].to_yaml)
+    assert_equal nil,   serializer.cast(nil.to_yaml)
+  end
+
+  test "cast as boolean" do
+    serializer = ActiveRecord::Type::Serialize.new(column = nil, :serialize => Array)
+
+    assert_equal true,  serializer.boolean(['1'].to_yaml)
+    assert_equal false, serializer.boolean([].to_yaml)
+  end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/types/time_with_zone_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/types/time_with_zone_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3de79a6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/types/time_with_zone_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+
+class TimeWithZoneTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+
+  def setup
+    @column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new('created_at', 0, 'datetime')
+    @time_with_zone = ActiveRecord::Type::TimeWithZone.new(@column)
+  end
+
+  test "typecast" do
+    Time.use_zone("Pacific Time (US & Canada)") do
+      time_string = "2009-10-07 21:29:10"
+      time = Time.zone.parse(time_string)
+
+      # assert_equal time, @time_with_zone.cast(time_string)
+      assert_equal nil, @time_with_zone.cast('')
+      assert_equal nil, @time_with_zone.cast(nil)
+
+      assert_equal time, @time_with_zone.precast(time)
+      assert_equal time, @time_with_zone.precast(time_string)
+      assert_equal time, @time_with_zone.precast(time.to_time)
+      # assert_equal "#{time.to_date.to_s} 00:00:00 -0700", @time_with_zone.precast(time.to_date).to_s
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "cast as boolean" do
+    Time.use_zone('Central Time (US & Canada)') do
+      time = Time.zone.now
+
+      assert_equal true, @time_with_zone.boolean(time)
+      assert_equal true, @time_with_zone.boolean(time.to_date)
+      assert_equal true, @time_with_zone.boolean(time.to_time)
+
+      assert_equal true, @time_with_zone.boolean(time.to_s)
+      assert_equal true, @time_with_zone.boolean(time.to_date.to_s)
+      assert_equal true, @time_with_zone.boolean(time.to_time.to_s)
+
+      assert_equal false, @time_with_zone.boolean('')
+    end
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/types/unknown_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/types/unknown_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..230d67b2fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/types/unknown_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+
+class UnknownTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+
+  test "typecast attributes does't modify values" do
+    unkown = ActiveRecord::Type::Unknown.new
+    person = { 'name' => '0' }
+
+    assert_equal person['name'], unkown.cast(person['name'])
+    assert_equal person['name'], unkown.precast(person['name'])
+  end
+
+  test "cast as boolean" do
+    person =  { 'id' => 0, 'name' => ' ', 'admin' => 'false', 'votes' => '0' }
+    unkown = ActiveRecord::Type::Unknown.new
+
+    assert_equal false, unkown.boolean(person['votes'])
+    assert_equal false, unkown.boolean(person['admin'])
+    assert_equal false, unkown.boolean(person['name'])
+    assert_equal false, unkown.boolean(person['id'])
+
+    person = { 'id' => 5, 'name' => 'Eric', 'admin' => 'true', 'votes' => '25' }
+    assert_equal true, unkown.boolean(person['votes'])
+    assert_equal true, unkown.boolean(person['admin'])
+    assert_equal true, unkown.boolean(person['name'])
+    assert_equal true, unkown.boolean(person['id'])
+  end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/types_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/types_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..403a9a6e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/types_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+require 'models/topic'
+
+class TypesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+
+  test "attribute types from columns" do
+    begin
+    ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes = true
+    attribute_type_classes = {}
+    Topic.attribute_types.each { |key, type| attribute_type_classes[key] = type.class }
+
+    expected = { "id"            => ActiveRecord::Type::Number,
+                  "replies_count" => ActiveRecord::Type::Number,
+                  "parent_id"     => ActiveRecord::Type::Number,
+                  "content"       => ActiveRecord::Type::Serialize,
+                  "written_on"    => ActiveRecord::Type::TimeWithZone,
+                  "title"         => ActiveRecord::Type::Object,
+                  "author_name"   => ActiveRecord::Type::Object,
+                  "approved"      => ActiveRecord::Type::Object,
+                  "parent_title"  => ActiveRecord::Type::Object,
+                  "bonus_time"    => ActiveRecord::Type::Object,
+                  "type"          => ActiveRecord::Type::Object,
+                  "last_read"     => ActiveRecord::Type::Object,
+                  "author_email_address" => ActiveRecord::Type::Object }
+
+    assert_equal expected, attribute_type_classes
+   ensure
+     ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes = false
+   end
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 621f1c3878..943c939757 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ module Rails
       $LOAD_PATH.uniq!
     end
 
-    # Bail if boot.rb is outdated
-    initializer :freak_out_if_boot_rb_is_outdated do
-      unless defined?(Rails::BOOTSTRAP_VERSION)
-        abort %{Your config/boot.rb is outdated: Run "rake rails:update".}
-      end
-    end
-
     # Requires all frameworks specified by the Configuration#frameworks
     # list. By default, all frameworks (Active Record, Active Support,
     # Action Pack, Action Mailer, and Active Resource) are loaded.
@@ -133,15 +126,6 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
 
-    initializer :add_gem_load_paths do
-      require 'rails/gem_dependency'
-      Rails::GemDependency.add_frozen_gem_path
-      unless config.gems.empty?
-        require "rubygems"
-        config.gems.each { |gem| gem.add_load_paths }
-      end
-    end
-
     # Preload all frameworks specified by the Configuration#frameworks.
     # Used by Passenger to ensure everything's loaded before forking and
     # to avoid autoload race conditions in JRuby.
@@ -327,31 +311,6 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
 
-    initializer :check_for_unbuilt_gems do
-      unbuilt_gems = config.gems.select {|gem| gem.frozen? && !gem.built? }
-      if unbuilt_gems.size > 0
-        # don't print if the gems:build rake tasks are being run
-        unless $gems_build_rake_task
-          abort <<-end_error
-  The following gems have native components that need to be built
-  #{unbuilt_gems.map { |gemm| "#{gemm.name}  #{gemm.requirement}" } * "\n  "}
-
-  You're running:
-  ruby #{Gem.ruby_version} at #{Gem.ruby}
-  rubygems #{Gem::RubyGemsVersion} at #{Gem.path * ', '}
-
-  Run `rake gems:build` to build the unbuilt gems.
-          end_error
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    initializer :load_gems do
-      unless $gems_rake_task
-        config.gems.each { |gem| gem.load }
-      end
-    end
-
     # Loads all plugins in <tt>config.plugin_paths</tt>.  <tt>plugin_paths</tt>
     # defaults to <tt>vendor/plugins</tt> but may also be set to a list of
     # paths, such as
@@ -372,49 +331,19 @@ module Rails
       plugin_loader.load_plugins
     end
 
-    # TODO: Figure out if this needs to run a second time
-    # load_gems
-
-    initializer :check_gem_dependencies do
-      unloaded_gems = config.gems.reject { |g| g.loaded? }
-      if unloaded_gems.size > 0
-        configuration.gems_dependencies_loaded = false
-        # don't print if the gems rake tasks are being run
-        unless $gems_rake_task
-          abort <<-end_error
-  Missing these required gems:
-  #{unloaded_gems.map { |gemm| "#{gemm.name}  #{gemm.requirement}" } * "\n  "}
-
-  You're running:
-  ruby #{Gem.ruby_version} at #{Gem.ruby}
-  rubygems #{Gem::RubyGemsVersion} at #{Gem.path * ', '}
-
-  Run `rake gems:install` to install the missing gems.
-          end_error
-        end
-      else
-        configuration.gems_dependencies_loaded = true
-      end
-    end
-
     # # bail out if gems are missing - note that check_gem_dependencies will have
     # # already called abort() unless $gems_rake_task is set
     # return unless gems_dependencies_loaded
-
     initializer :load_application_initializers do
-      if config.gems_dependencies_loaded
-        Dir["#{configuration.root}/config/initializers/**/*.rb"].sort.each do |initializer|
-          load(initializer)
-        end
+      Dir["#{configuration.root}/config/initializers/**/*.rb"].sort.each do |initializer|
+        load(initializer)
       end
     end
 
     # Fires the user-supplied after_initialize block (Configuration#after_initialize)
     initializer :after_initialize do
-      if config.gems_dependencies_loaded
-        configuration.after_initialize_blocks.each do |block|
-          block.call
-        end
+      configuration.after_initialize_blocks.each do |block|
+        block.call
       end
     end
 
@@ -456,7 +385,7 @@ module Rails
     #
     # # Observers are loaded after plugins in case Observers or observed models are modified by plugins.
     initializer :load_observers do
-      if config.gems_dependencies_loaded && configuration.frameworks.include?(:active_record)
+      if configuration.frameworks.include?(:active_record)
         ActiveRecord::Base.instantiate_observers
       end
     end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/backtrace_cleaner.rb b/railties/lib/rails/backtrace_cleaner.rb
index 5507f40c0d..2f5632c3e4 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/backtrace_cleaner.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/backtrace_cleaner.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'active_support/backtrace_cleaner'
-require 'rails/gem_dependency'
 
 module Rails
   class BacktraceCleaner < ActiveSupport::BacktraceCleaner
@@ -36,9 +35,6 @@ module Rails
           # http://gist.github.com/30430
           add_filter { |line| line.sub(/(#{path})\/gems\/([a-z]+)-([0-9.]+)\/(.*)/, '\2 (\3) \4')}
         end
-
-        vendor_gems_path = Rails::GemDependency.unpacked_path.sub("#{Rails.root}/",'')
-        add_filter { |line| line.sub(/(#{vendor_gems_path})\/([a-z]+)-([0-9.]+)\/(.*)/, '\2 (\3) [v] \4')}
       end
   end
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
index ce9c899400..1a7483c548 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'rails/plugin/locator'
 module Rails
   class Configuration
     attr_accessor :cache_classes, :load_paths,
-                  :load_once_paths, :gems_dependencies_loaded, :after_initialize_blocks,
+                  :load_once_paths, :after_initialize_blocks,
                   :frameworks, :framework_root_path, :root, :plugin_paths, :plugins,
                   :plugin_loader, :plugin_locators, :gems, :loaded_plugins, :reload_plugins,
                   :i18n, :gems, :whiny_nils, :consider_all_requests_local,
@@ -230,25 +230,6 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
 
-    # Adds a single Gem dependency to the rails application. By default, it will require
-    # the library with the same name as the gem. Use :lib to specify a different name.
-    #
-    #   # gem 'aws-s3', '>= 0.4.0'
-    #   # require 'aws/s3'
-    #   config.gem 'aws-s3', :lib => 'aws/s3', :version => '>= 0.4.0', \
-    #     :source => "http://code.whytheluckystiff.net"
-    #
-    # To require a library be installed, but not attempt to load it, pass :lib => false
-    #
-    #   config.gem 'qrp', :version => '0.4.1', :lib => false
-    def gem(name, options = {})
-      gems << Rails::GemDependency.new(name, options)
-    end
-
-    def gems
-      @gems ||= []
-    end
-
     def environment_path
       "#{root}/config/environments/#{RAILS_ENV}.rb"
     end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/deprecation.rb b/railties/lib/rails/deprecation.rb
index 42bba151d6..3c5b8bdec7 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/deprecation.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/deprecation.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,12 @@ RAILS_ROOT = (Class.new(ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecationProxy) do
     msg = "RAILS_ROOT is deprecated! Use Rails.root instead."
     ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(msg, callstack)
   end
-end).new
\ No newline at end of file
+end).new
+
+module Rails
+  class Configuration
+    def gem(*args)
+      ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("config.gem has been deprecated in favor of the Gemfile.")
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/gem_builder.rb b/railties/lib/rails/gem_builder.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 79c61cc034..0000000000
--- a/railties/lib/rails/gem_builder.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'rubygems/installer'
-
-module Rails
-  
-  # this class hijacks the functionality of Gem::Installer by overloading its 
-  # initializer to only provide the information needed by 
-  # Gem::Installer#build_extensions (which happens to be what we have)
-  class GemBuilder < Gem::Installer
-
-    def initialize(spec, gem_dir)
-      @spec    = spec
-      @gem_dir = gem_dir
-    end
-
-    # silence the underlying builder
-    def say(message)
-    end
-
-  end
-end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb b/railties/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 804bd75e55..0000000000
--- a/railties/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,311 +0,0 @@
-require 'rails/vendor_gem_source_index'
-
-module Gem
-  def self.source_index=(index)
-    @@source_index = index
-  end
-end
-
-module Rails
-  class GemDependency < Gem::Dependency
-    attr_accessor :lib, :source, :dep
-
-    def self.unpacked_path
-      @unpacked_path ||= File.join(Rails.root, 'vendor', 'gems')
-    end
-
-    @@framework_gems = {}
-
-    def self.add_frozen_gem_path
-      @@paths_loaded ||= begin
-        source_index = Rails::VendorGemSourceIndex.new(Gem.source_index)
-        Gem.clear_paths
-        Gem.source_index = source_index
-        # loaded before us - we can't change them, so mark them
-        Gem.loaded_specs.each do |name, spec|
-          @@framework_gems[name] = spec
-        end
-        true
-      end
-    end
-
-    def self.from_directory_name(directory_name, load_spec=true)
-      directory_name_parts = File.basename(directory_name).split('-')
-      name    = directory_name_parts[0..-2].join('-')
-      version = directory_name_parts.last
-      result = self.new(name, :version => version)
-      spec_filename = File.join(directory_name, '.specification')
-      if load_spec
-        raise "Missing specification file in #{File.dirname(spec_filename)}. Perhaps you need to do a 'rake gems:refresh_specs'?" unless File.exists?(spec_filename)
-        spec = YAML::load_file(spec_filename)
-        result.specification = spec
-      end
-      result
-    rescue ArgumentError => e
-      raise "Unable to determine gem name and version from '#{directory_name}'"
-    end
-
-    def initialize(name, options = {})
-      require 'rubygems' unless Object.const_defined?(:Gem)
-
-      if options[:requirement]
-        req = options[:requirement]
-      elsif options[:version]
-        req = Gem::Requirement.create(options[:version])
-      else
-        req = Gem::Requirement.default
-      end
-
-      @lib      = options[:lib]
-      @source   = options[:source]
-      @loaded   = @frozen = @load_paths_added = false
-
-      super(name, req)
-    end
-
-    def add_load_paths
-      self.class.add_frozen_gem_path
-      return if @loaded || @load_paths_added
-      if framework_gem?
-        @load_paths_added = @loaded = @frozen = true
-        return
-      end
-      gem self
-      @spec = Gem.loaded_specs[name]
-      @frozen = @spec.loaded_from.include?(self.class.unpacked_path) if @spec
-      @load_paths_added = true
-    rescue Gem::LoadError
-    end
-
-    def dependencies
-      return [] if framework_gem?
-      return [] unless installed?
-      specification.dependencies.reject do |dependency|
-        dependency.type == :development
-      end.map do |dependency|
-        GemDependency.new(dependency.name, :requirement => dependency.version_requirements)
-      end
-    end
-
-    def specification
-      # code repeated from Gem.activate. Find a matching spec, or the currently loaded version.
-      # error out if loaded version and requested version are incompatible.
-      @spec ||= begin
-        matches = Gem.source_index.search(self)
-        matches << @@framework_gems[name] if framework_gem?
-        if Gem.loaded_specs[name] then
-          # This gem is already loaded.  If the currently loaded gem is not in the
-          # list of candidate gems, then we have a version conflict.
-          existing_spec = Gem.loaded_specs[name]
-          unless matches.any? { |spec| spec.version == existing_spec.version } then
-            raise Gem::Exception,
-                  "can't activate #{@dep}, already activated #{existing_spec.full_name}"
-          end
-          # we're stuck with it, so change to match
-          version_requirements = Gem::Requirement.create("=#{existing_spec.version}")
-          existing_spec
-        else
-          # new load
-          matches.last
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    def specification=(s)
-      @spec = s
-    end
-
-    def requirement
-      r = version_requirements
-      (r == Gem::Requirement.default) ? nil : r
-    end
-
-    def built?
-      return false unless frozen?
-
-      if vendor_gem?
-        specification.extensions.each do |ext|
-          makefile = File.join(unpacked_gem_directory, File.dirname(ext), 'Makefile')
-          return false unless File.exists?(makefile)
-        end
-      end
-
-      true
-    end
-
-    def framework_gem?
-      @@framework_gems.has_key?(name)
-    end
-
-    def frozen?
-      @frozen ||= vendor_rails? || vendor_gem?
-    end
-
-    def installed?
-      Gem.loaded_specs.keys.include?(name)
-    end
-
-    def load_paths_added?
-      # always try to add load paths - even if a gem is loaded, it may not
-      # be a compatible version (ie random_gem 0.4 is loaded and a later spec
-      # needs >= 0.5 - gem 'random_gem' will catch this and error out)
-      @load_paths_added
-    end
-
-    def loaded?
-      @loaded ||= begin
-        if vendor_rails?
-          true
-        elsif specification.nil?
-          false
-        else
-          # check if the gem is loaded by inspecting $"
-          # specification.files lists all the files contained in the gem
-          gem_files = specification.files
-          # select only the files contained in require_paths - typically in bin and lib
-          require_paths_regexp = Regexp.new("^(#{specification.require_paths*'|'})/")
-          gem_lib_files = gem_files.select { |f| require_paths_regexp.match(f) }
-          # chop the leading directory off - a typical file might be in
-          # lib/gem_name/file_name.rb, but it will be 'require'd as gem_name/file_name.rb
-          gem_lib_files.map! { |f| f.split('/', 2)[1] }
-          # if any of the files from the above list appear in $", the gem is assumed to
-          # have been loaded
-          !(gem_lib_files & $").empty?
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    def vendor_rails?
-      Gem.loaded_specs.has_key?(name) && Gem.loaded_specs[name].loaded_from.empty?
-    end
-
-    def vendor_gem?
-      specification && File.exists?(unpacked_gem_directory)
-    end
-
-    def build(options={})
-      require 'rails/gem_builder'
-      return if specification.nil?
-      if options[:force] || !built?
-        return unless File.exists?(unpacked_specification_filename)
-        spec = YAML::load_file(unpacked_specification_filename)
-        Rails::GemBuilder.new(spec, unpacked_gem_directory).build_extensions
-        puts "Built gem: '#{unpacked_gem_directory}'"
-      end
-      dependencies.each { |dep| dep.build(options) }
-    end
-
-    def install
-      unless installed?
-        cmd = "#{gem_command} #{install_command.join(' ')}"
-        puts cmd
-        puts %x(#{cmd})
-      end
-    end
-
-    def load
-      return if @loaded || @load_paths_added == false
-      require(@lib || name) unless @lib == false
-      @loaded = true
-    rescue LoadError
-      puts $!.to_s
-      $!.backtrace.each { |b| puts b }
-    end
-
-    def refresh
-      Rails::VendorGemSourceIndex.silence_spec_warnings = true
-      real_gems = Gem.source_index.installed_source_index
-      exact_dep = Gem::Dependency.new(name, "= #{specification.version}")
-      matches = real_gems.search(exact_dep)
-      installed_spec = matches.first
-      if frozen?
-        if installed_spec
-          # we have a real copy
-          # get a fresh spec - matches should only have one element
-          # note that there is no reliable method to check that the loaded
-          # spec is the same as the copy from real_gems - Gem.activate changes
-          # some of the fields
-          real_spec = Gem::Specification.load(matches.first.loaded_from)
-          write_specification(real_spec)
-          puts "Reloaded specification for #{name} from installed gems."
-        else
-          # the gem isn't installed locally - write out our current specs
-          write_specification(specification)
-          puts "Gem #{name} not loaded locally - writing out current spec."
-        end
-      else
-        if framework_gem?
-          puts "Gem directory for #{name} not found - check if it's loading before rails."
-        else
-          puts "Something bad is going on - gem directory not found for #{name}."
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    def unpack(options={})
-      unless frozen? || framework_gem?
-        FileUtils.mkdir_p unpack_base
-        Dir.chdir unpack_base do
-          Gem::GemRunner.new.run(unpack_command)
-        end
-        # Gem.activate changes the spec - get the original
-        real_spec = Gem::Specification.load(specification.loaded_from)
-        write_specification(real_spec)
-      end
-      dependencies.each { |dep| dep.unpack(options) } if options[:recursive]
-    end
-
-    def write_specification(spec)
-      # copy the gem's specification into GEMDIR/.specification so that
-      # we can access information about the gem on deployment systems
-      # without having the gem installed
-      File.open(unpacked_specification_filename, 'w') do |file|
-        file.puts spec.to_yaml
-      end
-    end
-
-    def ==(other)
-      self.name == other.name && self.requirement == other.requirement
-    end
-    alias_method :"eql?", :"=="
-
-    private
-
-      def gem_command
-        case RUBY_PLATFORM
-          when /win32/
-            'gem.bat'
-          when /java/
-            'jruby -S gem'
-          else
-            'gem'
-        end
-      end
-
-      def install_command
-        cmd = %w(install) << name
-        cmd << "--version" << %("#{requirement.to_s}") if requirement
-        cmd << "--source"  << @source  if @source
-        cmd
-      end
-
-      def unpack_command
-        cmd = %w(unpack) << name
-        cmd << "--version" << "= "+specification.version.to_s if requirement
-        cmd
-      end
-
-      def unpack_base
-        Rails::GemDependency.unpacked_path
-      end
-
-      def unpacked_gem_directory
-        File.join(unpack_base, specification.full_name)
-      end
-
-      def unpacked_specification_filename
-        File.join(unpacked_gem_directory, '.specification')
-      end
-
-  end
-end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
index 1010e51c94..d1bdbd5253 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ module Rails
           generator_path = File.join(spec.full_gem_path, "lib/generators")
           paths << generator_path if File.exist?(generator_path)
         end
-      elsif defined?(Rails.root)
-        paths += Dir[File.join(Rails.root, "vendor", "gems", "gems", "*", "lib", "generators")]
       end
 
       paths
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index 49b13cae2b..93d9ac553d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'digest/md5' 
+require 'digest/md5'
 require 'active_support/secure_random'
 require 'rails/version' unless defined?(Rails::VERSION)
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
index bcbaa432b7..abe8c1556c 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ gem "rails", "<%= Rails::VERSION::STRING %>"
 # Bundling edge rails:
 # gem "rails", "<%= Rails::VERSION::STRING %>", :git => "git://github.com/rails/rails.git"
 
-# You can list more dependencies here
-# gem "nokogiri"
-# gem "merb" # ;)
\ No newline at end of file
+# Specify gemcutter as a gem source
+# source "http://gemcutter.org"
+
+# Specify gems that this application depends on and have them installed with rake gems:install
+# gem "bj"
+# gem "hpricot", "0.6"
+# gem "sqlite3-ruby", :require_as => "sqlite3"
+# gem "aws-s3", :require_as => "aws/s3"
+
+# Specify gems that should only be required in certain environments
+# gem "rspec", :only => :test
+# only :test do
+#   gem "webrat"
+# end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Rakefile b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Rakefile
index 1dce9863f2..2450a927f0 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Rakefile
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Rakefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Add your own tasks in files placed in lib/tasks ending in .rake,
 # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake.
 
-require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'config', 'environment'))
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'config', 'application'))
 
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb
index cf786093ba..bb30136686 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# Bootstrap the Rails environment, frameworks, and default configuration
 require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'boot'))
 
 Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
@@ -9,12 +8,6 @@ Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
   # Add additional load paths for your own custom dirs
   # config.load_paths += %W( #{root}/extras )
 
-  # Specify gems that this application depends on and have them installed with rake gems:install
-  # config.gem "bj"
-  # config.gem "hpricot", :version => '0.6', :source => "http://code.whytheluckystiff.net"
-  # config.gem "sqlite3-ruby", :lib => "sqlite3"
-  # config.gem "aws-s3", :lib => "aws/s3"
-
   # Only load the plugins named here, in the order given (default is alphabetical).
   # :all can be used as a placeholder for all plugins not explicitly named
   # config.plugins = [ :exception_notification, :ssl_requirement, :all ]
@@ -45,4 +38,4 @@ Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
   #   g.template_engine :erb
   #   g.test_framework  :test_unit, :fixture => true
   # end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/boot.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/boot.rb
index 928b195d8d..44c884623e 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/boot.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/boot.rb
@@ -1,138 +1,18 @@
-# Don't change this file!
-# Configure your app in config/environment.rb and config/environments/*.rb
-
-module Rails
-  # Mark the version of Rails that generated the boot.rb file. This is
-  # a temporary solution and will most likely be removed as Rails 3.0
-  # comes closer.
-  BOOTSTRAP_VERSION = "3.0"
-
-  class << self
-    def boot!
-      unless booted?
-        root = File.expand_path('../..', __FILE__)
-        booter = File.exist?("#{root}/vendor/rails") ? VendorBoot : GemBoot
-        booter.new(root).run
-      end
-    end
-
-    def booted?
-      defined? Rails::Initializer
-    end
-  end
-
-  class Boot
-    def initialize(root)
-      @root = root
-    end
-
-    def run
-      preinitialize
-      set_load_paths
-      load_initializer
-    end
-
-    def preinitialize
-      path = "#{@root}/config/preinitializer.rb"
-      load(path) if File.exist?(path)
-    end
-
-    def set_load_paths
-      %w(
-        actionmailer/lib
-        actionpack/lib
-        activemodel/lib
-        activerecord/lib
-        activeresource/lib
-        activesupport/lib
-        railties/lib
-        railties
-      ).reverse_each do |path|
-        path = "#{framework_root_path}/#{path}"
-        $LOAD_PATH.unshift(path) if File.directory?(path)
-        $LOAD_PATH.uniq!
-      end
-    end
-
-    def framework_root_path
-      defined?(::RAILS_FRAMEWORK_ROOT) ? ::RAILS_FRAMEWORK_ROOT : "#{@root}/vendor/rails"
-    end
-  end
-
-  class VendorBoot < Boot
-    def load_initializer
-      require "rails"
-      install_gem_spec_stubs
-    end
-
-    def install_gem_spec_stubs
-      begin; require "rubygems"; rescue LoadError; return; end
-
-      %w(rails activesupport activerecord actionpack actionmailer activeresource).each do |stub|
-        Gem.loaded_specs[stub] ||= Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-          s.name = stub
-          s.version = Rails::VERSION::STRING
-          s.loaded_from = ""
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  class GemBoot < Boot
-    def load_initializer
-      load_rubygems
-      load_rails_gem
-      require 'rails'
-    end
-
-    def load_rails_gem
-      if version = gem_version
-        gem 'rails', version
-      else
-        gem 'rails'
-      end
-    rescue Gem::LoadError => load_error
-      $stderr.puts %(Missing the Rails #{version} gem. Please `gem install -v=#{version} rails`, update your RAILS_GEM_VERSION setting in config/environment.rb for the Rails version you do have installed, or comment out RAILS_GEM_VERSION to use the latest version installed.)
-      exit 1
-    end
-
-    def rubygems_version
-      Gem::RubyGemsVersion rescue nil
-    end
-
-    def gem_version
-      if defined? RAILS_GEM_VERSION
-        RAILS_GEM_VERSION
-      elsif ENV.include?('RAILS_GEM_VERSION')
-        ENV['RAILS_GEM_VERSION']
-      else
-        parse_gem_version(read_environment_rb)
-      end
-    end
-
-    def load_rubygems
-      min_version = '1.3.2'
-      require 'rubygems'
-      unless rubygems_version >= min_version
-        $stderr.puts %Q(Rails requires RubyGems >= #{min_version} (you have #{rubygems_version}). Please `gem update --system` and try again.)
-        exit 1
-      end
-
-    rescue LoadError
-      $stderr.puts %Q(Rails requires RubyGems >= #{min_version}. Please install RubyGems and try again: http://rubygems.rubyforge.org)
-      exit 1
-    end
-
-    def parse_gem_version(text)
-      $1 if text =~ /^[^#]*RAILS_GEM_VERSION\s*=\s*["']([!~<>=]*\s*[\d.]+)["']/
-    end
-
-    private
-      def read_environment_rb
-        File.read("#{@root}/config/environment.rb")
-      end
-  end
+# Package management
+# Choose one
+
+environment = File.expand_path('../../vendor/gems/environment', __FILE__)
+vendor_rails = File.expand_path('../../vendor/rails', __FILE__)
+
+if File.exist?(environment)
+  # Use Bundler (preferred)
+  require environment
+elsif File.exist?(vendor_rails)
+  # Use 2.x style vendor/rails directory
+  Dir["#{vendor_rails}/*/lib"].each { |path| $:.unshift(path) }
+else
+  # Load Rails from traditional RubyGems
+  require 'rubygems'
 end
 
-# All that for this:
-Rails.boot!
+require 'rails'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environment.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environment.rb
index 3bb0f2619e..e5362b21cc 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environment.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environment.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file
-
-# Specifies gem version of Rails to use when vendor/rails is not present
-<%= '# ' if options[:freeze] %>RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '<%= Rails::VERSION::STRING %>' unless defined? RAILS_GEM_VERSION
-
 # Load the rails application
 require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'application'))
+
 # Initialize the rails application
 Rails.initialize!
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
index 070a385052..2ad1e52746 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'rails/initializable'
 require 'rails/application'
 require 'rails/railties_path'
 require 'rails/version'
-require 'rails/gem_dependency'
 require 'rails/rack'
 require 'rails/paths'
 require 'rails/core'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/plugin/locator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/plugin/locator.rb
index 1057c004e0..56cbaf37c6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/plugin/locator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/plugin/locator.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module Rails
     # a <tt>rails/init.rb</tt> file.
     class GemLocator < Locator
       def plugins
-        gem_index = initializer.configuration.gems.inject({}) { |memo, gem| memo.update gem.specification => gem }
+        gem_index = {}
         specs     = gem_index.keys
         specs    += Gem.loaded_specs.values.select do |spec|
           spec.loaded_from && # prune stubs
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb b/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
index 148a3d4d30..82113a297c 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ $VERBOSE = nil
   databases
   documentation
   framework
-  gems
   log
   middleware
   misc
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/framework.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/framework.rake
index 3d7e4b5453..1611d1d94d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/framework.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/framework.rake
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@ namespace :rails do
       generator.invoke(method)
     end
 
-    desc "Update config/boot.rb from your current rails install"
-    task :configs do
-      invoke_from_app_generator :create_boot_file
-    end
-
     desc "Update Prototype javascripts from your current rails install"
     task :javascripts do
       invoke_from_app_generator :create_prototype_files
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/gems.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/gems.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 1903efd5f6..0000000000
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/gems.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-desc "List the gems that this rails application depends on"
-task :gems => 'gems:base' do
-  Rails.configuration.gems.each do |gem|
-    print_gem_status(gem)
-  end
-  puts
-  puts "I = Installed"
-  puts "F = Frozen"
-  puts "R = Framework (loaded before rails starts)"
-end
-
-namespace :gems do
-  task :base do
-    $gems_rake_task = true
-    require 'rubygems'
-    require 'rubygems/gem_runner'
-    Rake::Task[:environment].invoke
-  end
-
-  desc "Build any native extensions for unpacked gems"
-  task :build do
-    $gems_build_rake_task = true
-    frozen_gems.each { |gem| gem.build }
-  end
-
-  namespace :build do
-    desc "Force the build of all gems"
-    task :force do
-      $gems_build_rake_task = true
-      frozen_gems.each { |gem| gem.build(:force => true) }
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc "Installs all required gems."
-  task :install => :base do
-    current_gems.each { |gem| gem.install }
-  end
-
-  desc "Unpacks all required gems into vendor/gems."
-  task :unpack => :install do
-    current_gems.each { |gem| gem.unpack }
-  end
-
-  namespace :unpack do
-    desc "Unpacks all required gems and their dependencies into vendor/gems."
-    task :dependencies => :install do
-      current_gems.each { |gem| gem.unpack(:recursive => true) }
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc "Regenerate gem specifications in correct format."
-  task :refresh_specs do
-    frozen_gems(false).each { |gem| gem.refresh }
-  end
-end
-
-def current_gems
-  gems = Rails.configuration.gems
-  gems = gems.select { |gem| gem.name == ENV['GEM'] } unless ENV['GEM'].blank?
-  gems
-end
-
-def frozen_gems(load_specs=true)
-  Dir[File.join(Rails.root, 'vendor', 'gems', '*-*')].map do |gem_dir|
-    Rails::GemDependency.from_directory_name(gem_dir, load_specs)
-  end
-end
-
-def print_gem_status(gem, indent=1)
-  code = case
-    when gem.framework_gem? then 'R'
-    when gem.frozen?        then 'F'
-    when gem.installed?     then 'I'
-    else                         ' '
-  end
-  puts "   "*(indent-1)+" - [#{code}] #{gem.name} #{gem.requirement.to_s}"
-  gem.dependencies.each { |g| print_gem_status(g, indent+1) }
-end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/statistics.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/statistics.rake
index 2dcc7bdf9d..40f8c1034a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/statistics.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/statistics.rake
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 STATS_DIRECTORIES = [
   %w(Controllers        app/controllers),
-  %w(Helpers            app/helpers), 
+  %w(Helpers            app/helpers),
   %w(Models             app/models),
   %w(Libraries          lib/),
   %w(APIs               app/apis),
   %w(Integration\ tests test/integration),
   %w(Functional\ tests  test/functional),
   %w(Unit\ tests        test/unit)
-
-].collect { |name, dir| [ name, "#{RAILS_ROOT}/#{dir}" ] }.select { |name, dir| File.directory?(dir) }
+].collect { |name, dir| [ name, "#{Rails.root}/#{dir}" ] }.select { |name, dir| File.directory?(dir) }
 
 desc "Report code statistics (KLOCs, etc) from the application"
 task :stats do
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/vendor_gem_source_index.rb b/railties/lib/rails/vendor_gem_source_index.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b7721f303..0000000000
--- a/railties/lib/rails/vendor_gem_source_index.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'yaml'
-
-module Rails
-
-  class VendorGemSourceIndex
-    # VendorGemSourceIndex acts as a proxy for the Gem source index, allowing
-    # gems to be loaded from vendor/gems. Rather than the standard gem repository format,
-    # vendor/gems contains unpacked gems, with YAML specifications in .specification in
-    # each gem directory.
-    include Enumerable
-
-    attr_reader :installed_source_index
-    attr_reader :vendor_source_index
-
-    @@silence_spec_warnings = false
-
-    def self.silence_spec_warnings
-      @@silence_spec_warnings
-    end
-
-    def self.silence_spec_warnings=(v)
-      @@silence_spec_warnings = v
-    end
-
-    def initialize(installed_index, vendor_dir=Rails::GemDependency.unpacked_path)
-      @installed_source_index = installed_index
-      @vendor_dir = vendor_dir
-      refresh!
-    end
-
-    def refresh!
-      # reload the installed gems
-      @installed_source_index.refresh!
-      vendor_gems = {}
-
-      # handle vendor Rails gems - they are identified by having loaded_from set to ""
-      # we add them manually to the list, so that other gems can find them via dependencies
-      Gem.loaded_specs.each do |n, s|
-        next unless s.loaded_from.empty?
-        vendor_gems[s.full_name] = s
-      end
-
-      # load specifications from vendor/gems
-      Dir[File.join(Rails::GemDependency.unpacked_path, '*')].each do |d|
-        dir_name = File.basename(d)
-        dir_version = version_for_dir(dir_name)
-        spec = load_specification(d)
-        if spec
-          if spec.full_name != dir_name
-            # mismatched directory name and gem spec - produced by 2.1.0-era unpack code
-            if dir_version
-              # fix the spec version - this is not optimal (spec.files may be wrong)
-              # but it's better than breaking apps. Complain to remind users to get correct specs.
-              # use ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn, as the logger is not set yet
-              $stderr.puts("config.gem: Unpacked gem #{dir_name} in vendor/gems has a mismatched specification file."+
-                           " Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this.") unless @@silence_spec_warnings
-              spec.version = dir_version
-            else
-              $stderr.puts("config.gem: Unpacked gem #{dir_name} in vendor/gems is not in a versioned directory"+
-                           "(should be #{spec.full_name}).") unless @@silence_spec_warnings
-              # continue, assume everything is OK
-            end
-          end
-        else
-          # no spec - produced by early-2008 unpack code
-          # emulate old behavior, and complain.
-          $stderr.puts("config.gem: Unpacked gem #{dir_name} in vendor/gems has no specification file."+
-                       " Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this.") unless @@silence_spec_warnings
-          if dir_version
-            spec = Gem::Specification.new
-            spec.version = dir_version
-            spec.require_paths = ['lib']
-            ext_path = File.join(d, 'ext')
-            spec.require_paths << 'ext' if File.exist?(ext_path)
-            spec.name = /^(.*)-[^-]+$/.match(dir_name)[1]
-            files = ['lib']
-            # set files to everything in lib/
-            files += Dir[File.join(d, 'lib', '*')].map { |v| v.gsub(/^#{d}\//, '') }
-            files += Dir[File.join(d, 'ext', '*')].map { |v| v.gsub(/^#{d}\//, '') } if ext_path
-            spec.files = files
-          else
-            $stderr.puts("config.gem: Unpacked gem #{dir_name} in vendor/gems not in a versioned directory."+
-                         " Giving up.") unless @@silence_spec_warnings
-            next
-          end
-        end
-        spec.loaded_from = File.join(d, '.specification')
-        # finally, swap out full_gem_path
-        # it would be better to use a Gem::Specification subclass, but the YAML loads an explicit class
-        class << spec
-          def full_gem_path
-            path = File.join installation_path, full_name
-            return path if File.directory? path
-            File.join installation_path, original_name
-          end
-        end
-        vendor_gems[File.basename(d)] = spec
-      end
-      @vendor_source_index = Gem::SourceIndex.new(vendor_gems)
-    end
-
-    def version_for_dir(d)
-      matches = /-([^-]+)$/.match(d)
-      Gem::Version.new(matches[1]) if matches
-    end
-
-    def load_specification(gem_dir)
-      spec_file = File.join(gem_dir, '.specification')
-      YAML.load_file(spec_file) if File.exist?(spec_file)
-    end
-
-    def find_name(*args)
-      @installed_source_index.find_name(*args) + @vendor_source_index.find_name(*args)
-    end
-
-    def search(*args)
-      # look for vendor gems, and then installed gems - later elements take priority
-      @installed_source_index.search(*args) + @vendor_source_index.search(*args)
-    end
-
-    def each(&block)
-      @vendor_source_index.each(&block)
-      @installed_source_index.each(&block)
-    end
-
-    def add_spec(spec)
-      @vendor_source_index.add_spec spec
-    end
-
-    def remove_spec(spec)
-      @vendor_source_index.remove_spec spec
-    end
-
-    def size
-      @vendor_source_index.size + @installed_source_index.size
-    end
-
-  end
-end
diff --git a/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb b/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
index 0452208cae..a3e1916494 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module ApplicationTests
     def setup
       build_app
       boot_rails
-      Object.send(:remove_const, :RAILS_ROOT)
     end
 
     test "the application root is set correctly" do
diff --git a/railties/test/application/generators_test.rb b/railties/test/application/generators_test.rb
index 03fecffdd0..445a867c85 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/generators_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/generators_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
     def setup
       build_app
       boot_rails
+      require "rails"
       require "rails/generators"
     end
 
diff --git a/railties/test/application/initializer_test.rb b/railties/test/application/initializer_test.rb
index c2e64374d0..f42954079b 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/initializer_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/initializer_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
     def setup
       build_app
       boot_rails
+      require "rails"
     end
 
     test "initializing an application initializes rails" do
diff --git a/railties/test/application/notifications_test.rb b/railties/test/application/notifications_test.rb
index 0fdb4a083a..83c18be057 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/notifications_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/notifications_test.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
     def setup
       build_app
       boot_rails
-
+      require "rails"
       require "active_support/notifications"
       Rails::Initializer.run do |c|
         c.notifications.queue = MyQueue.new
diff --git a/railties/test/application/plugins_test.rb b/railties/test/application/plugins_test.rb
index 0926ed106b..80a19856d7 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/plugins_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/plugins_test.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
     def setup
       build_app
       boot_rails
+      require "rails"
       @failure_tip = "It's likely someone has added a new plugin fixture without updating this list"
       # Tmp hax to get tests working
       FileUtils.cp_r "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../fixtures/plugins", "#{app_path}/vendor"
diff --git a/railties/test/backtrace_cleaner_test.rb b/railties/test/backtrace_cleaner_test.rb
index f9b9d3168d..64a47712b7 100644
--- a/railties/test/backtrace_cleaner_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/backtrace_cleaner_test.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class BacktraceCleanerVendorGemTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   test "should format installed gems correctly" do
-    @backtrace = [ "#{Gem.default_dir}/gems/nosuchgem-1.2.3/lib/foo.rb" ]
+    @backtrace = [ "#{Gem.path[0]}/gems/nosuchgem-1.2.3/lib/foo.rb" ]
     @result = @cleaner.clean(@backtrace)
     assert_equal "nosuchgem (1.2.3) lib/foo.rb", @result[0]
   end
@@ -50,10 +50,4 @@ class BacktraceCleanerVendorGemTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  test "should format vendor gems correctly" do
-    @backtrace = [ "#{Rails::GemDependency.unpacked_path}/nosuchgem-1.2.3/lib/foo.rb" ]
-    @result = @cleaner.clean(@backtrace)
-    assert_equal "nosuchgem (1.2.3) [v] lib/foo.rb", @result[0]
-  end
-
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/gem_dependency_test.rb b/railties/test/gem_dependency_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 92132be992..0000000000
--- a/railties/test/gem_dependency_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,220 +0,0 @@
-require 'plugin_test_helper'
-require 'rails/gem_dependency'
-
-class Rails::GemDependency
-  public :install_command, :unpack_command
-end
-
-Rails::VendorGemSourceIndex.silence_spec_warnings = true
-
-class GemDependencyTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  def setup
-    @gem              = Rails::GemDependency.new "xhpricotx"
-    @gem_with_source  = Rails::GemDependency.new "xhpricotx", :source => "http://code.whytheluckystiff.net"
-    @gem_with_version = Rails::GemDependency.new "xhpricotx", :version => "= 0.6"
-    @gem_with_lib     = Rails::GemDependency.new "xaws-s3x", :lib => "aws/s3"
-    @gem_without_load  = Rails::GemDependency.new "xhpricotx", :lib => false
-  end
-
-  def test_configuration_adds_gem_dependency
-    config = Rails::Configuration.new
-    config.gem "xaws-s3x", :lib => "aws/s3", :version => "0.4.0"
-    assert_equal [["install", "xaws-s3x", "--version", '"= 0.4.0"']], config.gems.collect { |g| g.install_command }
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_creates_install_command
-    assert_equal %w(install xhpricotx), @gem.install_command
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_with_source_creates_install_command
-    assert_equal %w(install xhpricotx --source http://code.whytheluckystiff.net), @gem_with_source.install_command
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_with_version_creates_install_command
-    assert_equal ["install", "xhpricotx", "--version", '"= 0.6"'], @gem_with_version.install_command
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_creates_unpack_command
-    assert_equal %w(unpack xhpricotx), @gem.unpack_command
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_with_version_unpack_install_command
-    # stub out specification method, or else test will fail if hpricot 0.6 isn't installed
-    mock_spec = mock()
-    mock_spec.stubs(:version).returns('0.6')
-    @gem_with_version.stubs(:specification).returns(mock_spec)
-    assert_equal ["unpack", "xhpricotx", "--version", '= 0.6'], @gem_with_version.unpack_command
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_adds_load_paths
-    @gem.expects(:gem).with(@gem)
-    @gem.add_load_paths
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_with_version_adds_load_paths
-    @gem_with_version.expects(:gem).with(@gem_with_version)
-    @gem_with_version.add_load_paths
-    assert @gem_with_version.load_paths_added?
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_loading
-    @gem.expects(:gem).with(@gem)
-    @gem.expects(:require).with(@gem.name)
-    @gem.add_load_paths
-    @gem.load
-    assert @gem.loaded?
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_with_lib_loading
-    @gem_with_lib.expects(:gem).with(@gem_with_lib)
-    @gem_with_lib.expects(:require).with(@gem_with_lib.lib)
-    @gem_with_lib.add_load_paths
-    @gem_with_lib.load
-    assert @gem_with_lib.loaded?
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_without_lib_loading
-    @gem_without_load.expects(:gem).with(@gem_without_load)
-    @gem_without_load.expects(:require).with(@gem_without_load.lib).never
-    @gem_without_load.add_load_paths
-    @gem_without_load.load
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_dependencies_compare_for_uniq
-    gem1 = Rails::GemDependency.new "gem1"
-    gem1a = Rails::GemDependency.new "gem1"
-    gem2 = Rails::GemDependency.new "gem2"
-    gem2a = Rails::GemDependency.new "gem2"
-    gem3 = Rails::GemDependency.new "gem2", :version => ">=0.1"
-    gem3a = Rails::GemDependency.new "gem2", :version => ">=0.1"
-    gem4 = Rails::GemDependency.new "gem3"
-    gems = [gem1, gem2, gem1a, gem3, gem2a, gem4, gem3a, gem2, gem4]
-    assert_equal 4, gems.uniq.size
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_load_frozen
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-a"
-    dummy_gem.add_load_paths
-    dummy_gem.load
-    assert_not_nil DUMMY_GEM_A_VERSION
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_load_frozen_specific_version
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-b", :version => '0.4.0'
-    dummy_gem.add_load_paths
-    dummy_gem.load
-    assert_not_nil DUMMY_GEM_B_VERSION
-    assert_equal '0.4.0', DUMMY_GEM_B_VERSION
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_load_frozen_minimum_version
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-c", :version => '>=0.5.0'
-    dummy_gem.add_load_paths
-    dummy_gem.load
-    assert_not_nil DUMMY_GEM_C_VERSION
-    assert_equal '0.6.0', DUMMY_GEM_C_VERSION
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_load_missing_specification
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-d"
-    dummy_gem.add_load_paths
-    dummy_gem.load
-    assert_not_nil DUMMY_GEM_D_VERSION
-    assert_equal '1.0.0', DUMMY_GEM_D_VERSION
-    assert_equal ['lib', 'lib/dummy-gem-d.rb'], dummy_gem.specification.files
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_load_bad_specification
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-e", :version => "= 1.0.0"
-    dummy_gem.add_load_paths
-    dummy_gem.load
-    assert_not_nil DUMMY_GEM_E_VERSION
-    assert_equal '1.0.0', DUMMY_GEM_E_VERSION
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_handle_missing_dependencies
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-g"
-    dummy_gem.add_load_paths
-    dummy_gem.load
-    assert_equal 1, dummy_gem.dependencies.size
-    assert_equal 1, dummy_gem.dependencies.first.dependencies.size
-    assert_nothing_raised do
-      dummy_gem.dependencies.each do |g|
-        g.dependencies
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_ignores_development_dependencies
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-k"
-    dummy_gem.add_load_paths
-    dummy_gem.load
-    assert_equal 1, dummy_gem.dependencies.size
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_guards_against_duplicate_unpacks
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-a"
-    dummy_gem.stubs(:frozen?).returns(true)
-    dummy_gem.expects(:unpack_base).never
-    dummy_gem.unpack
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_does_not_unpack_framework_gems
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new "dummy-gem-a"
-    dummy_gem.stubs(:framework_gem?).returns(true)
-    dummy_gem.expects(:unpack_base).never
-    dummy_gem.unpack
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_from_directory_name_attempts_to_load_specification
-    assert_raises RuntimeError do
-      dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.from_directory_name('dummy-gem-1.1')
-    end
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_from_directory_name
-    dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.from_directory_name('dummy-gem-1.1', false)
-    assert_equal 'dummy-gem', dummy_gem.name
-    assert_equal '= 1.1',     dummy_gem.version_requirements.to_s
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_from_directory_name_loads_specification_successfully
-    assert_nothing_raised do
-      dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.from_directory_name(File.join(Rails::GemDependency.unpacked_path, 'dummy-gem-g-1.0.0'))
-      assert_not_nil dummy_gem.specification
-    end
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_from_invalid_directory_name
-    assert_raises RuntimeError do
-      dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.from_directory_name('dummy-gem')
-    end
-    assert_raises RuntimeError do
-      dummy_gem = Rails::GemDependency.from_directory_name('dummy')
-    end
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_determines_build_status
-    assert_equal true,  Rails::GemDependency.new("dummy-gem-a").built?
-    assert_equal true,  Rails::GemDependency.new("dummy-gem-i").built?
-    assert_equal false, Rails::GemDependency.new("dummy-gem-j").built?
-  end
-  
-  def test_gem_determines_build_status_only_on_vendor_gems
-    framework_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new('dummy-framework-gem')
-    framework_gem.stubs(:framework_gem?).returns(true)  # already loaded
-    framework_gem.stubs(:vendor_rails?).returns(false)  # but not in vendor/rails
-    framework_gem.stubs(:vendor_gem?).returns(false)  # and not in vendor/gems
-    framework_gem.add_load_paths  # freeze framework gem early 
-    assert framework_gem.built?
-  end
-
-  def test_gem_build_passes_options_to_dependencies
-    start_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new("dummy-gem-g")
-    dep_gem = Rails::GemDependency.new("dummy-gem-f")
-    start_gem.stubs(:dependencies).returns([dep_gem])
-    dep_gem.expects(:build).with({ :force => true }).once
-    start_gem.build(:force => true)
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
index adc61f6d8a..199b5fa8b4 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class ActionsTest < GeneratorsTestCase
 
   def test_environment_should_include_data_in_environment_initializer_block
     run_generator
-    load_paths = 'config.load_paths += %w["#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/extras"]'
+    load_paths = 'config.load_paths += %w["#{Rails.root}/app/extras"]'
     action :environment, load_paths
     assert_file 'config/application.rb', /#{Regexp.escape(load_paths)}/
   end
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 5d6a9f6de9..3eefaf9b02 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ class AppGeneratorTest < GeneratorsTestCase
     generator(:freeze => true, :database => "sqlite3").expects(:run).
               with("rake rails:freeze:edge", :verbose => false)
     silence(:stdout){ generator.invoke }
-    assert_file 'config/environment.rb', /# RAILS_GEM_VERSION/
+    assert_file 'config/environment.rb'
   end
 
   def test_template_from_dir_pwd
-    FileUtils.cd(RAILS_ROOT)
+    FileUtils.cd(Rails.root)
     assert_match /It works from file!/, run_generator(["-m", "lib/template.rb"])
   end
 
diff --git a/railties/test/generators_test.rb b/railties/test/generators_test.rb
index 7e6b7b183c..178b5ef6de 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators_test.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class GeneratorsTest < GeneratorsTestCase
     Rails::Generators.instance_variable_set(:@load_paths, nil)
 
     spec = Gem::Specification.new
-    spec.expects(:full_gem_path).returns(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'vendor', 'another_gem_path', 'xspec'))
+    spec.expects(:full_gem_path).returns(File.join(Rails.root, 'vendor', 'another_gem_path', 'xspec'))
     Gem.expects(:respond_to?).with(:loaded_specs).returns(true)
     Gem.expects(:loaded_specs).returns(:spec => spec)
 
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ class GeneratorsTest < GeneratorsTestCase
 
   def test_rails_generators_with_others_information
     output = capture(:stdout){ Rails::Generators.help }.split("\n").last
-    assert_equal "Others: active_record:fixjour, fixjour, mspec, rails:javascripts, wrong.", output
+    assert_equal "Others: active_record:fixjour, fixjour, mspec, rails:javascripts.", output
   end
 
   def test_warning_is_shown_if_generator_cant_be_loaded
+    Rails::Generators.load_paths << File.expand_path("../fixtures/vendor/gems/gems/wrong", __FILE__)
     output = capture(:stderr){ Rails::Generators.find_by_namespace(:wrong) }
     assert_match /\[WARNING\] Could not load generator at/, output
     assert_match /Error: uninitialized constant Rails::Generator/, output
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ class GeneratorsTest < GeneratorsTestCase
   end
 
   def test_rails_root_templates
-    template = File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "lib", "templates", "active_record", "model", "model.rb")
+    template = File.join(Rails.root, "lib", "templates", "active_record", "model", "model.rb")
 
     # Create template
     mkdir_p(File.dirname(template))
@@ -170,6 +171,6 @@ class GeneratorsTest < GeneratorsTestCase
 
   def test_source_paths_for_not_namespaced_generators
     mspec = Rails::Generators.find_by_namespace :mspec
-    assert mspec.source_paths.include?(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "lib", "templates", "mspec"))
+    assert mspec.source_paths.include?(File.join(Rails.root, "lib", "templates", "mspec"))
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/initializer/check_ruby_version_test.rb b/railties/test/initializer/check_ruby_version_test.rb
index 0c725311ad..cf956e68fb 100644
--- a/railties/test/initializer/check_ruby_version_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/initializer/check_ruby_version_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module InitializerTests
     def setup
       build_app
       boot_rails
+      require "rails"
     end
 
     test "rails does not initialize with ruby version 1.8.1" do
diff --git a/railties/test/initializer/initialize_i18n_test.rb b/railties/test/initializer/initialize_i18n_test.rb
index 04b44cedd0..d664f96ad1 100644
--- a/railties/test/initializer/initialize_i18n_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/initializer/initialize_i18n_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module InitializerTests
     def setup
       build_app
       boot_rails
+      require "rails"
     end
 
     # test_config_defaults_and_settings_should_be_added_to_i18n_defaults
diff --git a/railties/test/initializer/path_test.rb b/railties/test/initializer/path_test.rb
index 9c36bb2000..1b58a58555 100644
--- a/railties/test/initializer/path_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/initializer/path_test.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class PathsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     build_app
     boot_rails
+    require "rails"
     Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
       config.root = app_path
       config.frameworks = [:action_controller, :action_view, :action_mailer, :active_record]
diff --git a/railties/test/isolation/abstract_unit.rb b/railties/test/isolation/abstract_unit.rb
index 750ec5d319..aafc9f68bb 100644
--- a/railties/test/isolation/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/railties/test/isolation/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -114,16 +114,19 @@ module TestHelpers
     end
 
     def boot_rails
-      # TMP mega hax to prevent boot.rb from actually booting
-      Object.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__+1
-        module Rails
-          Initializer = 'lol'
-          require "#{app_path}/config/boot"
-          remove_const(:Initializer)
-          booter = VendorBoot.new('#{app_path}')
-          booter.run
-        end
-      RUBY
+      %w(
+        actionmailer/lib
+        actionpack/lib
+        activemodel/lib
+        activerecord/lib
+        activeresource/lib
+        activesupport/lib
+        railties/lib
+        railties
+      ).reverse_each do |path|
+        path = File.expand_path("../../../../#{path}", __FILE__)
+        $:.unshift(path)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb b/railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb
index 99cf9168e1..a0484c0868 100644
--- a/railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ require 'action_controller'
 require 'rails/info'
 require 'rails/info_controller'
 
-ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
-  map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
-end
-
 module ActionController
   class Base
     include ActionController::Testing
@@ -18,9 +14,17 @@ class InfoControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
   tests Rails::InfoController
 
   def setup
+    ActionController::Routing.use_controllers!(['rails/info'])
+    ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
+      map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
+    end
     @controller.stubs(:consider_all_requests_local => false, :local_request? => true)
   end
 
+  def teardown
+    ActionController::Routing.use_controllers! nil
+  end
+
   test "info controller does not allow remote requests" do
     @controller.stubs(:consider_all_requests_local => false, :local_request? => false)
     get :properties