hold back some gems, do fix rspec issue

Gemfile

@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ group :assets do
   if rails_master?
     gem 'sass-rails', git: 'https://github.com/rails/sass-rails.git'
   else
-    gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.2'
+    # later is breaking our asset compliation extensions
+    gem 'sass-rails', '4.0.2'
   end
 
   gem 'uglifier'
@@ -180,10 +181,13 @@ group :test do
 end
 
 group :test, :development do
+  # while upgrading to 3
+  gem 'rspec', '2.99.0'
   gem 'mock_redis'
   gem 'listen', '0.7.3', require: false
   gem 'certified', require: false
-  gem 'fabrication', require: false
+  # later appears to break Fabricate(:topic, category: category)
+  gem 'fabrication', '2.9.8', require: false
   gem 'qunit-rails'
   gem 'mocha', require: false
   gem 'rb-fsevent', require: RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i ? 'rb-fsevent' : false

Gemfile.lock

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ GEM
     excon (0.39.6)
     execjs (2.2.1)
     exifr (1.1.3)
-    fabrication (2.11.3)
+    fabrication (2.9.8)
     fakeweb (1.3.0)
     faraday (0.9.0)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
@@ -293,29 +293,28 @@ GEM
       netrc (~> 0.7)
     rinku (1.7.3)
     rmmseg-cpp (0.2.9)
-    rspec (3.1.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.1.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.1.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.1.0)
-    rspec-core (3.1.4)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.1.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.1.1)
-      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.1.0)
+    rspec (2.99.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 2.99.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 2.99.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 2.99.0)
+    rspec-collection_matchers (1.0.0)
+      rspec-expectations (>= 2.99.0.beta1)
+    rspec-core (2.99.2)
+    rspec-expectations (2.99.2)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3, < 2.0)
     rspec-given (3.5.4)
       given_core (= 3.5.4)
       rspec (>= 2.12)
-    rspec-mocks (3.1.1)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.1.0)
-    rspec-rails (3.1.0)
+    rspec-mocks (2.99.2)
+    rspec-rails (2.99.0)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
+      activemodel (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       railties (>= 3.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.1.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.1.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.1.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.1.0)
-    rspec-support (3.1.0)
+      rspec-collection_matchers
+      rspec-core (~> 2.99.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 2.99.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 2.99.0)
     rtlit (0.0.5)
     ruby-openid (2.5.0)
     ruby-readability (0.7.0)
@@ -326,11 +325,11 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (>= 1.4.4)
       nokogumbo (= 1.1.12)
     sass (3.2.19)
-    sass-rails (4.0.3)
+    sass-rails (4.0.2)
       railties (>= 4.0.0, < 5.0)
       sass (~> 3.2.0)
       sprockets (~> 2.8, <= 2.11.0)
-      sprockets-rails (~> 2.0)
+      sprockets-rails (~> 2.0.0)
     seed-fu (2.3.3)
       activerecord (>= 3.1, < 4.2)
       activesupport (>= 3.1, < 4.2)
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rack (~> 1.0)
       tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
-    sprockets-rails (2.1.4)
+    sprockets-rails (2.0.1)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       sprockets (~> 2.8)
@@ -416,7 +415,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ember-rails
   ember-source (= 1.6.0.beta.2)
   eventmachine
-  fabrication
+  fabrication (= 2.9.8)
   fakeweb (~> 1.3.0)
   fast_blank
   fast_xor
@@ -473,13 +472,14 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rest-client
   rinku
   rmmseg-cpp
+  rspec (= 2.99.0)
   rspec-given
   rspec-rails
   rtlit
   ruby-readability
   sanitize
   sass
-  sass-rails (~> 4.0.2)
+  sass-rails (= 4.0.2)
   seed-fu (~> 2.3.3)
   shoulda
   sidekiq

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     config.include MessageBus
     config.mock_framework = :mocha
     config.order = 'random'
+    config.infer_spec_type_from_file_location!
 
     # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
     # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false