Thor, Any update on the "maintenance release that contains concrete fixes, which we hope to push next week."? Thanks. watts
On Aug 27, 1:44 am, "Thor Mitchell (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are particularly hawk-eyed you may have noticed that we > released a new sdk.zip, 1.18b, for the Maps API for Flash today. This > release has no significant changes compared to 1.18. You may wonder > why we bothered, but we felt it would be a good idea to perform a > complete test of the new release process before we use it for a > meaningful update. It seems to have gone smoothly, so we can now move > on to building a maintenance release that contains concrete fixes, > which we hope to push next week. > > Apologies again for the delay, > > Thor. > > On Aug 24, 1:55 pm, aishafenton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'll just add my voice to the choir and say that our product is highly > > dependent on the Flash Maps API. So it's a relief to hear that it's > > still a priority for Google. > > > PS. Our main feature request: Maps styles. > > > Aish > > > On Aug 23, 8:20 pm, "Thor Mitchell (Google Employee)" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That was my expectation at the time, so it was not knowingly an empty > > > promise. :-) > > > > In the process of trying to get that release out we discovered some > > > changes in the build environment since the last release required us to > > > update the release process. We decided that rather than just "patching > > > up" the release process we would fix some more systemic issues that > > > made releasing harder than it should be generally. This has held > > > things up a bit, but the good news is that it's almost done. > > > > We're now aiming to get the release out by the end of this week. As > > > always I can not guarantee that some unexpected hurdle will not > > > present itself, but we will do our best. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Thor. > > > > On Aug 20, 10:42 pm, Ian Watkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thor, > > > > > You suggested a maintenance release would be released in the next two > > > > weeks > > > > a month ago. > > > > > Is that about to happen or was that an empty promise? > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Ian > > > > > On 22 Jul 2010 22:10, "Thor Mitchell (Google Employee)" > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > I can understand your concern. It is true that in first half of the > > > > year we focused our development on the v3 JS API in order to meet our > > > > goal of graduating that API at I/O, one year after it was introduced. > > > > However now that this goal has been met we are reverting to a normal > > > > distribution of our efforts, and expect to ship a maintenance release > > > > of the Maps API for Flash within the next week or two. We are also > > > > planning to bring Styled Maps to the Maps API for Flash in the near > > > > future, are considering a number of other features for the roadmap, > > > > and have efforts underway to increase awareness of the API amongst > > > > Flash/Flex developers. > > > > > Note also that the Maps API for Flash has graduated from Code Labs, > > > > which means that should there come a time when we decide to back away > > > > from further development there would be a deprecation announcement, > > > > followed by a 3 year deprecation period during which the product would > > > > continue to be supported and maintained. However we have no plans to > > > > deprecate the Maps API for Flash at this time. In fact with the > > > > upcoming launch of Flash and AIR support on a number of mobile > > > > platforms, the rest of the year could be a fascinating time for this > > > > API. > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > Thor Mitchell > > > > Product Manager > > > > Google Maps APIs > > > > > On Jul 21, 4:20 am, steveo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > About 1 year ago I began developme...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en.
