David, What is going on this status ? Are there any new IDE idea ?
Or dose anyone working on Eclipse IDE version up? mt1 David Temkin wrote: > Mark, > > IDE4Laszlo is no longer being actively developed. In December, the > Eclipse management committee voted to "archive" the project because of > a lack of development activity. While it may be resuscitated in the > future, the current state of affairs is that IDE4Laszlo is not an > active Eclipse Foundation project and cannot be downloaded from > eclipse.org. > > The OpenLaszlo team is 100% focused on OpenLaszlo 4 now, and doesn't > have the cycles to update the IDE4Laszlo to match OL4, or to address > the various issues with IDE4Laszlo installation and performance. The > IBM engineers who wrote the original code are also otherwise occupied > now, and the project has not garnered enough outside interest to move > it forward in a meaningful way. > > In the meantime, we will make a snapshot (source and binary) of > IDE4Laszlo available from OpenLaszlo.org, but it is not supported, is > not compatible with OL4, and its future is not guaranteed. > > However, one thing is certain, and that is that some developers would > value an OpenLaszlo-focused IDE. You can get a lot done with an XML- > capable IDE or editor right now, but we definitely understand that > there are advantages to an IDE that is OL-centric, and that those > advantages are critical to some developers. > > Toward that end, Laszlo Systems has been investigating various options > to restart this project or to initiate an effort to create a different > type of IDE altogether. The Laszlo team would welcome anyone > interested in discussing a partnership (open source or commercial) > around an OpenLaszlo IDE. We know that there have been several > separate efforts to build IDEs that support OL; our interest is in a > product-grade IDE that may or may not be an open source project. > > Of course, given that IDE4Laszlo is open source, and licensed under > the Eclipse Public License, there is nothing to stop anyone from > nothing to stop anyone from enhancing the code and making it into an > active project, with or without the support of the Eclipse Foundation, > Laszlo Systems, or IBM. > > I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, and do hope to have better > news sometime after OL4 is released. In the meantime, I would > personally welcome any ideas or proposals from developers on this list > that would get the community closer to a production-grade, > OpenLaszlo-focused IDE. > > best, > > David Temkin > Founder and CTO > Laszlo Systems > > > > On Jan 21, 2007, at 5:39 AM, Patton, Mark J wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> >> >> I have been trying to locate and download the ide4laszlo eclipse >> plugin and have had no luck. >> >> >> >> Can anyone tell me where I might find it? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark. >> >> LEGAL NOTICE >> Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and >> may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access >> to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an >> addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail >> or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized >> and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the >> sender immediately. > > > >
