I have a Rails task: should I use script/runner or rake?

Question

For ad hoc Rails tasks we have a few implementation alternatives, chief among which would seem to be:

script/runner some_useful_thing

Answer 1

In Rails 3.0+, the config/environment.rb requires the config/application.rb, that requires the config/boot.rb.

So, to load an app in Rails 3, you still only have to require the environment.rb