Redmine/config/initializers/10-patches.rb

require 'activerecord'

module ActiveRecord
  class Base
    include Redmine::I18n
    
    # Translate attribute names for validation errors display
    def self.human_attribute_name(attr)
      l("field_#{attr.to_s.gsub(/_id$/, '')}")
    end
  end
end

module ActionView
  module Helpers
    module DateHelper
      # distance_of_time_in_words breaks when difference is greater than 30 years
      def distance_of_date_in_words(from_date, to_date = 0, options = {})
        from_date = from_date.to_date if from_date.respond_to?(:to_date)
        to_date = to_date.to_date if to_date.respond_to?(:to_date)
        distance_in_days = (to_date - from_date).abs

        I18n.with_options :locale => options[:locale], :scope => :'datetime.distance_in_words' do |locale|
          case distance_in_days
            when 0..60     then locale.t :x_days,             :count => distance_in_days
            when 61..720   then locale.t :about_x_months,     :count => (distance_in_days / 30).round
            else                locale.t :over_x_years,       :count => (distance_in_days / 365).round
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = Proc.new{ |html_tag, instance| "#{html_tag}" }

# Adds :async_smtp and :async_sendmail delivery methods
# to perform email deliveries asynchronously
module AsynchronousMailer
  %w(smtp sendmail).each do |type|
    define_method("perform_delivery_async_#{type}") do |mail|
      Thread.start do
        send "perform_delivery_#{type}", mail
      end      
    end
  end
end

ActionMailer::Base.send :include, AsynchronousMailer