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Posted to dev@flex.apache.org by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com> on 2012/12/06 00:29:06 UTC
Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Hi,
Feedback welcome:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/flex/sdk/branches/release4.9/RELEASE_NOTES?revision=1417693&view=markup
In particular any import JIRA fixes I've missed?
Does anything need to be done to the installer to update it to show (and install) 4.9?
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Frédéric THOMAS <we...@hotmail.com>.
Hi,
Ok, I agree with that, I thought to remember it was said like that from
while.
Thank's.
- Fred.
-----Message d'origine-----
From: Justin Mclean
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 2:40 AM
To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
HI,
> Doest it mean after the release, the develop branch gonna be on 5.0 ?
I'd suggest "4.10.0" - unless i'st a major release with major changes.
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
HI,
> Doest it mean after the release, the develop branch gonna be on 5.0 ?
I'd suggest "4.10.0" - unless i'st a major release with major changes.
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Frédéric THOMAS <we...@hotmail.com>.
Doest it mean after the release, the develop branch gonna be on 5.0 ?
- Fred
-----Message d'origine-----
From: Justin Mclean
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 12:29 AM
To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Hi,
Feedback welcome:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/flex/sdk/branches/release4.9/RELEASE_NOTES?revision=1417693&view=markup
In particular any import JIRA fixes I've missed?
Does anything need to be done to the installer to update it to show (and
install) 4.9?
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
> "- the frameworks/textLayout src is not included which means there is not a
> textLayout RSL. We expect this difference to be limited to this release."
>
> can go way because we do have the source for frameworks/projects/textLayout
> now.
Done.
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Om <bi...@gmail.com>.
Nice work!
I think this line under "Differences from Adobe Flex 4.6.0:"
"- the frameworks/textLayout src is not included which means there is not a
textLayout RSL. We expect this difference to be limited to this release."
can go way because we do have the source for frameworks/projects/textLayout
now.
Thanks,
Om
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Feedback welcome:
>
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/flex/sdk/branches/release4.9/RELEASE_NOTES?revision=1417693&view=markup
>
> In particular any import JIRA fixes I've missed?
>
> Does anything need to be done to the installer to update it to show (and
> install) 4.9?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
> Is this still true?
>
> - the frameworks/textLayout src is not included which means there is not a textLayout RSL. We expect this difference to be limited to this release.
For the parity release yes (and it under the 4.8 heading), we have the source code for the 4.8 release (noted under the 4.9 heading)
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Dasa Paddock <dp...@esri.com>.
Is this still true?
- the frameworks/textLayout src is not included which means there is not a textLayout RSL. We expect this difference to be limited to this release.
On Dec 5, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Feedback welcome:
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/flex/sdk/branches/release4.9/RELEASE_NOTES?revision=1417693&view=markup
>
> In particular any import JIRA fixes I've missed?
>
> Does anything need to be done to the installer to update it to show (and install) 4.9?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
> "For a full list see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX"
>
> Could this be changed to a link with a filter on that picks out the relevant
> issues?
It could be but it seems that we've not been consistent in tagging JIRA issues so I'm not sure how much value it is:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20FLEX%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%20%22Adobe%20Flex%20SDK%204.6%20(Release)%22%20ORDER%20BY%20updated%20DESC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC
Justin
RE: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Ian Appleby <Ia...@bcs.org>.
Hi,
Nothing major, but as a nicety:
"For a full list see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX"
Could this be changed to a link with a filter on that picks out the relevant
issues?
I'd have a go, but it seems to be down right now.
"- A SDK installer" should be "An", forgive my pedantry.
-Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Mclean [mailto:justinmclean@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Justin
Mclean
Sent: 05 December 2012 23:29
To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Hi,
Feedback welcome:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/flex/sdk/branches/release4.9/RELEASE_
NOTES?revision=1417693&view=markup
In particular any import JIRA fixes I've missed?
Does anything need to be done to the installer to update it to show (and
install) 4.9?
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Frédéric THOMAS <we...@hotmail.com>.
It was 2 months ago :)
you can give cygwin a lower priority.
Write a new batch file, for exampe "cygstart.bat" with the following
content:
# cygstart.bat
start "Cygwin" /low C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat
It still makes my computer slow but I can work with.
- Fred.
-----Message d'origine-----
From: Michael Schmalle
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 7:54 PM
To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Fred,
I know you answered this a couple weeks ago but it's buried. What did
you do to get the mustella to run and not crash your computer while
you are working? Could you give a simple step procedure?
Mike
Quoting Frédéric THOMAS <we...@hotmail.com>:
>> As far as I'm aware the Mustellla tests have not been run for each
>> version but each version has been compiled against.
>
> I ran almost successfully the test suite against the 10.3, the only tests
> failed was because of the localization, that should be all resolved now,
> let me udpate and run the tests suite again and eventually ask for
> reviewing the relative issues, I can do that before the end f the week
> end. (aside with eventually applying an other issue relative to charts
> optimisation too if you / I not considering it too much risky at the
> moment because there're no tests for them).
>
> - Fred
>
> -----Message d'origine----- From: Justin Mclean
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:16 PM
> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
>
> Hi,
>
>>> 13 - Apache Flex SDK can can be compiled for any version of the Flash
>>> Player from 10.2 to 11.5
>>
>> "can can" should be fixed. And is this really true? Have all versions
>> been tested?
>
> As far as I'm aware the Mustellla tests have not been run for each
> version but each version has been compiled against.
>
>
>>> 17 - Can use Java 7 to compile SDK (see README for instructions)
>>
>> This is true but FlashBuilder appears not to be able to compile mxml
>> files
>> when the SDK is built with Java 7.
> Is this in JIRA? I added this because this issue had been marked as fixed:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33110
>
>>> 18 - Many improvements and updates to Mustella tests
>>
>> I didn't think we were releasing mustella in our source package.
> It's in the SDK source tree as I assume the build scripts will need to
> change to not included it. I think it still useful to know that it
> exists and that a lot of work has been done on it.
>
>> What about the maven stuff?
> It's not under the sdk source tree and as it's currently incomplete I not
> sure it should be in the release notes.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
--
Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC
http://www.teotigraphix.com
http://blog.teotigraphix.com
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Michael Schmalle <ap...@teotigraphix.com>.
Fred,
I know you answered this a couple weeks ago but it's buried. What did
you do to get the mustella to run and not crash your computer while
you are working? Could you give a simple step procedure?
Mike
Quoting Frédéric THOMAS <we...@hotmail.com>:
>> As far as I'm aware the Mustellla tests have not been run for each
>> version but each version has been compiled against.
>
> I ran almost successfully the test suite against the 10.3, the only
> tests failed was because of the localization, that should be all
> resolved now, let me udpate and run the tests suite again and
> eventually ask for reviewing the relative issues, I can do that
> before the end f the week end. (aside with eventually applying an
> other issue relative to charts optimisation too if you / I not
> considering it too much risky at the moment because there're no
> tests for them).
>
> - Fred
>
> -----Message d'origine----- From: Justin Mclean
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:16 PM
> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
>
> Hi,
>
>>> 13 - Apache Flex SDK can can be compiled for any version of the Flash
>>> Player from 10.2 to 11.5
>>
>> "can can" should be fixed. And is this really true? Have all versions
>> been tested?
>
> As far as I'm aware the Mustellla tests have not been run for each
> version but each version has been compiled against.
>
>
>>> 17 - Can use Java 7 to compile SDK (see README for instructions)
>>
>> This is true but FlashBuilder appears not to be able to compile mxml files
>> when the SDK is built with Java 7.
> Is this in JIRA? I added this because this issue had been marked as fixed:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33110
>
>>> 18 - Many improvements and updates to Mustella tests
>>
>> I didn't think we were releasing mustella in our source package.
> It's in the SDK source tree as I assume the build scripts will need
> to change to not included it. I think it still useful to know that
> it exists and that a lot of work has been done on it.
>
>> What about the maven stuff?
> It's not under the sdk source tree and as it's currently incomplete
> I not sure it should be in the release notes.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
--
Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC
http://www.teotigraphix.com
http://blog.teotigraphix.com
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Frédéric THOMAS <we...@hotmail.com>.
>As far as I'm aware the Mustellla tests have not been run for each version
>but each version has been compiled against.
I ran almost successfully the test suite against the 10.3, the only tests
failed was because of the localization, that should be all resolved now, let
me udpate and run the tests suite again and eventually ask for reviewing the
relative issues, I can do that before the end f the week end. (aside with
eventually applying an other issue relative to charts optimisation too if
you / I not considering it too much risky at the moment because there're no
tests for them).
- Fred
-----Message d'origine-----
From: Justin Mclean
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:16 PM
To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Hi,
>> 13 - Apache Flex SDK can can be compiled for any version of the Flash
>> Player from 10.2 to 11.5
>
> "can can" should be fixed. And is this really true? Have all versions
> been tested?
As far as I'm aware the Mustellla tests have not been run for each version
but each version has been compiled against.
>> 17 - Can use Java 7 to compile SDK (see README for instructions)
>
> This is true but FlashBuilder appears not to be able to compile mxml files
> when the SDK is built with Java 7.
Is this in JIRA? I added this because this issue had been marked as fixed:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33110
>> 18 - Many improvements and updates to Mustella tests
>
> I didn't think we were releasing mustella in our source package.
It's in the SDK source tree as I assume the build scripts will need to
change to not included it. I think it still useful to know that it exists
and that a lot of work has been done on it.
> What about the maven stuff?
It's not under the sdk source tree and as it's currently incomplete I not
sure it should be in the release notes.
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
> It is correct that the SDK can be built with Java7 and you can compile
> mxml files on the command line.
What would you suggest the release note say about this?
> and why asdoc is broken.
I think I've solved that one.
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Carol Frampton <cf...@adobe.com>.
On 12/6/12 12 :42PM, "Justin Mclean" <ju...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>HI,
>
>> why asdoc is broken.
>
>In ParagraphElement.as there's a getter name the same as the private
>variable, this causes asdoc to fail.
>
>The getter it not actually used anywhere (that I could find) and is in
>the tlf_internal namespace so I think it would be safe to rename it like
>so:
>
>From:
>tlf_internal function get _interactiveChildrenCount():int
>{
> return _interactiveChildrenCount;
>}
>
>To:
>tlf_internal function get interactiveChildrenCount():int
>{
> return _interactiveChildrenCount;
>}
Ah that explains why asdoc "all of a sudden" broke. It must have happened
when I moved the tlf code into our build.
Carol
>
>Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
HI,
> why asdoc is broken.
In ParagraphElement.as there's a getter name the same as the private variable, this causes asdoc to fail.
The getter it not actually used anywhere (that I could find) and is in the tlf_internal namespace so I think it would be safe to rename it like so:
From:
tlf_internal function get _interactiveChildrenCount():int
{
return _interactiveChildrenCount;
}
To:
tlf_internal function get interactiveChildrenCount():int
{
return _interactiveChildrenCount;
}
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
On 12/6/12 9:53 AM, "Justin Mclean" <ju...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> IMO, not too late to check in the pending fixes.
>
> Yep agree. Just need to decide if you check into the release branch (and we
> merge back into the develop later) OR provide patch files to apply to the
> release branch.
IMO, the only safe way is to apply changes to the release branch then merge
back to develop either now or later. If you provide a patch created from
the develop branch and apply it to the release branch, there is no guarantee
it will do the right thing if there is variance between the develop and
release branches (which isn't the case now, but could happen someday).
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
On 12/6/12 10:58 AM, "Carol Frampton" <cf...@adobe.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 12/6/12 12 :53PM, "Justin Mclean" <ju...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> IMO, not too late to check in the pending fixes.
>>
>> Yep agree. Just need to decide if you check into the release branch (and
>> we merge back into the develop later) OR provide patch files to apply to
>> the release branch.
>
> I would check into the develop branch and merge to the release branch.
>
You can do that for now since the two branches do not have skew, but once
there is, it is too easy to accidentally bring over unintended code from
develop to release. In the same way we would rarely merge from trunk to
branches, we should rarely merge from develop to its branches.
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Carol Frampton <cf...@adobe.com>.
On 12/6/12 12 :53PM, "Justin Mclean" <ju...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>> IMO, not too late to check in the pending fixes.
>
>Yep agree. Just need to decide if you check into the release branch (and
>we merge back into the develop later) OR provide patch files to apply to
>the release branch.
I would check into the develop branch and merge to the release branch.
Carol
>
>Thanks,
>Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
> IMO, not too late to check in the pending fixes.
Yep agree. Just need to decide if you check into the release branch (and we merge back into the develop later) OR provide patch files to apply to the release branch.
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
On 12/6/12 9:29 AM, "Carol Frampton" <cf...@adobe.com> wrote:
> There was almost no notice that a release was going to
> be cut. If I had a day or two notice I would have checked in more of the
> small bug fixes I have pending and maybe looked at that and why asdoc is
> broken.
IMO, not too late to check in the pending fixes.
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Carol Frampton <cf...@adobe.com>.
On 12/6/12 11 :16AM, "Justin Mclean" <ju...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>>> 13 - Apache Flex SDK can can be compiled for any version of the Flash
>>> Player from 10.2 to 11.5
>>
>> "can can" should be fixed. And is this really true? Have all versions
>> been tested?
>
>As far as I'm aware the Mustellla tests have not been run for each
>version but each version has been compiled against.
>
>
>>> 17 - Can use Java 7 to compile SDK (see README for instructions)
>>
>> This is true but FlashBuilder appears not to be able to compile mxml
>>files
>> when the SDK is built with Java 7.
>Is this in JIRA? I added this because this issue had been marked as fixed:
>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33110
It is correct that the SDK can be built with Java7 and you can compile
mxml files on the command line. I'm not sure you can compile with that
SDK and FlashBuilder. No there is not a JIRA bug. It's on my list of
things to look at. There was almost no notice that a release was going to
be cut. If I had a day or two notice I would have checked in more of the
small bug fixes I have pending and maybe looked at that and why asdoc is
broken.
Carol
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
>> 13 - Apache Flex SDK can can be compiled for any version of the Flash
>> Player from 10.2 to 11.5
>
> "can can" should be fixed. And is this really true? Have all versions
> been tested?
As far as I'm aware the Mustellla tests have not been run for each version but each version has been compiled against.
>> 17 - Can use Java 7 to compile SDK (see README for instructions)
>
> This is true but FlashBuilder appears not to be able to compile mxml files
> when the SDK is built with Java 7.
Is this in JIRA? I added this because this issue had been marked as fixed:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33110
>> 18 - Many improvements and updates to Mustella tests
>
> I didn't think we were releasing mustella in our source package.
It's in the SDK source tree as I assume the build scripts will need to change to not included it. I think it still useful to know that it exists and that a lot of work has been done on it.
> What about the maven stuff?
It's not under the sdk source tree and as it's currently incomplete I not sure it should be in the release notes.
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Carol Frampton <cf...@adobe.com>.
Differences from Apache Flex 4.8.0:
> 13 - Apache Flex SDK can can be compiled for any version of the Flash
>Player from 10.2 to 11.5
"can can" should be fixed. And is this really true? Have all versions
been tested?
> 16 - New version of the TLF (Text Layout Framework), the TLF 3.0.33
>source code is now included
I would mention it is included because it has been donated and is now part
of Apache Flex.
> 17 - Can use Java 7 to compile SDK (see README for instructions)
This is true but FlashBuilder appears not to be able to compile mxml files
when the SDK is built with Java 7. There seems to be some sort of
conflict with batik which I have not debugged.
> 18 - Many improvements and updates to Mustella tests
I didn't think we were releasing mustella in our source package. If we
are the kitting needs to be changed since it only includes enough of
mustella to build checkin tests.
> - the frameworks/textLayout src is not included which means there is
>not a textLayout
>54 RSL. We expect this difference to be limited to this release.
I know this is under the 4.6 section but I still think this is confusing
if you are skimming quickly. I would be explicit. The src is not
included in Apache Flex 4.8 but it is included in Apache Flex 4.9, or
something to that effect.
What about the maven stuff?
Carol
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
> BTW most projects include a list of the fixed bugs right in the release
> notes.
I have included a list of some of the bugs I think are of interest. A large number of JIRA issues are probably not of interest to users of the SDK. A large number relate to the installer, build scripts, falcon etc etc
> Also as part of the release, all those resolved bugs need to be
> closed. Ideally they would be verified first.
Any volunteers will to help out with this?
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Draft release notes for Apache Flex 4.9
Posted by Carol Frampton <cf...@adobe.com>.
BTW most projects include a list of the fixed bugs right in the release
notes. Also as part of the release, all those resolved bugs need to be
closed. Ideally they would be verified first. We got away with not doing
that last time but I think it is part of the standard Apache release
process which we should do. It seems to be a tradition to provide the
number of fixed bugs, etc in the announcement release.
Carol
On 12/5/12 6 :29PM, "Justin Mclean" <ju...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Feedback welcome:
>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/flex/sdk/branches/release4.9/RELEAS
>E_NOTES?revision=1417693&view=markup
>
>In particular any import JIRA fixes I've missed?
>
>Does anything need to be done to the installer to update it to show (and
>install) 4.9?
>
>Thanks,
>Justin