"developer snapshot" releases would be really nice. We build infrequently from trunk and we currently guess what might be a good version to grab our internal snapshot from. Having a developer snapshot would help us when we are looking to grab the "latest" version for our internal use.
Chris.... On Jan 21, 12:07 pm, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Nightly or perhaps less frequent "stable snapshot" builds is something > we'd like to do for sure. Not sure about exactly when, but it's good > to know there would be an audience to justify looking into it a bit. > > On Thursday, January 21, 2010, Arthur Kalmenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmm, a nightly build sounds like a cool idea, I wouldn't mind seeing that > > as well. > > -- > > Arthur Kalmenson > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:28 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > It would be nice that the GWT team would release some development > > builds once in a while. That would be very usefull at the point where > > new things are added to the trunk. This way you can get a lot more > > input from the community, since it makes it much easier to use a more > > experimental version of GWT. Compiling from the sources means that we > > need direct access to the internet, but not all companies allow that. > > > As long as we have some indication of what is mostly stable and what > > not, we can choose at what point we whish to start using a development > > build. > > > David > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:19 PM, monkeyboy <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Thank you John for your explanation. Now I understand the reason why > >> you are shutting down the incubator. What I am suggesting is that > >> developers should have a place where they can see what new features > >> (libraries,...) are being developed and not to stumble upon this new > >> features by chance (like I stumbled upon the doc for > >> DataBackedWidgetsDesign for example). You mentioned that you send > >> emails when you start a new project. What do I need to do to receive > >> such an email? > >> I think you guys at Google develop great libraries that are perhaps > >> underused because they are hard to find. Let's take Gin for example > >> (http://code.google.com/p/google-gin/). I think that more people would > >> use it if you had a link to Gin from the GWT Tools and Libraries page. > > >> Regards. > > >> On Jan 20, 5:29 pm, John LaBanca <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Libraries and widgets that we want to incubate will be moved into separate > >>> projects. Instead of downloading one incubator jar, you'll be able to > >>> (have > >>> to) download each project individually. Like Ray said, we're going to > >>> commit most new features directly to trunk, but we may still want to > >>> incubate some features if they are highly experimental. We often setup a > >>> design doc and send out an email when we start a new project, such as the > >>> data backed widgets, so the community can be involved. I'm sure we'll > >>> keep > >>> doing that. > > >>> The advantage of separate projects is that each project can move along at > >>> its own pace. The incubator currently has some very stable features, some > >>> highly experimental ones, and some deprecated code, and it isn't obvious > >>> which is which (well, except the deprecated stuff). With individual > >>> projects, it should be more obvious what the state of the project is. > > >>> Thanks, > >>> John LaBanca > >>> [email protected] > > >>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:57 AM, monkeyboy > >>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> > Then, how about a list of new features in the trunk since the last > >>> > release. That way developers would know if they should become involved > >>> > in the nontrivial (but not too hard) task of compiling GWT from > >>> > source. I take the last comment back if such a list exists. I could > >>> > not find it. > > >>> > Regards. > > >>> > On Jan 20, 4:26 pm, Ray Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:52 AM, monkeyboy <[email protected] > >>> > >wrote: > > >>> > > > Hello John. > > >>> > > > I'm glad to see that PagingScrollTable will make it to the GWT > >>> > > > trunk. > >>> > > > Even now it is a useful widget but I can't wait to see the final > >>> > > > version. I would like to ask a few questions. I am sorry to hear > >>> > > > that > >>> > > > the incubator will be shut down. I w
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