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.
>>
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