I verified GWT 2.9.0-RC1 in one of my applications without issues. The tests I could not complete due an ant issues to build the samples.
Juan On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 22:01, Colin Alworth <[email protected]> wrote: > We're having an issue related to the java7->java8 update, the build isn't > properly including the full sources for the included sample projects. By > itself, not a big deal, but it could imply that other assumptions of the > ant build are broken too. I'm looking into it, we'll have an updated > release candidate when we figure it out. > > https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/issues/9682: The 2.9 candidate was cut > before the java.io changes came in, so this will not be included in the > first 2.9 at least, though will likely show up later (See the 4th point in > this email). > > Removing validation: as a rule, the main GWT project rarely, if ever, > removes anything within a major release. This is very deliberate, so that > updating to the latest release (to fix security issues, to support > newer/changing/breaking browsers, improve performance) is accessible to > stable projects in maintenance mode, with no surprises. Since gwt-dev and > gwt-user are strongly tied to each other, it isn't feasible to even suggest > that someone update part of their project, but continue to use older jars > (such as updating the compiler to fix some issue, but still keeping an old > gwt-user so that the now-deprecated validation doesn't change or > disappear). This is why each module that is being broken out will now live > in its own git repo, own jar, and be versioned separately from the others. > My best guess here is that we can try for a "minimal gwt-user" which just > has enough to let the compiler work, and assume that developers switch to > the org.gwtproject modules that they want, plus anything thirdparty like > validation. That said, validation is basically the only thing that _isn't_ > ready for j2cl, and there is a small gwt-validation project that has gotten > started that is compatible with both gwt2 and j2cl - do you have plans to > finish https://gitlab.com/ManfredTremmel/gwt-bean-validators/-/issues/3? > Both topics (further modularizing gwt-user, and apt for validation) are > probably better discussed in another thread, or in gitter. > > CL 19800: Agreed, sucks that this fell through the cracks. Two thoughts: > lets get that into gwt-i18n as soon as possible, and lets try to land that > patch after 2.9.0 is cut and shipped. The plan is that 2.9.x gets updated > regularly (6-8 weeks sort of thing) with any changes, and marked with a > date rather than just an occasional version. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GWT Contributors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/9b91b87d-4ff7-483a-99cc-356bb4ce00d9%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/9b91b87d-4ff7-483a-99cc-356bb4ce00d9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/CA%2BkiFscYV4and2TSffgBA65x-hwucVkpi51Opzex3AtZ0WU%3D5w%40mail.gmail.com.
