Fixes #7233 - Drop Ruby 1.8.7 and revert Ruby 1.8.7 specifics

- [x] rake test passed
- [x] rails server loaded and function correctly
- [x] Ubuntu 12.04 packaging blocker issue 
- [x] drop 1.8.7 tests on Jenkins
F19 and we have 1.0.2, so this should be reduced.

I'm not sure we need to worry much about pinning the console group, it's not really production usage.