for me, the TO DO list would be:
1) document which platforms are going to be in the core list of supported platforms (of which we have binary installer packages): this is a matrix of: ISA - OS name - Distribution - version Which also gives the support delta’s per platform - oodialog, orxcurses, BSF4oorRexx, sql anything ... 2) check if everything builds, tests checkout, installs and can be packaged - finally get that certificate for RexxLA so we can distribute and be free of installation warnings (yes, we would give in to that scam, but it is for the cause of Rexx - do light performance work the rexxcps varies from the previous release. ARM is not bad, MacOS is a lot worse and some Linux is so-so. I did not even check which compiles are optimizing or not. My suggestion would be to start doing optimizing builds everywhere we don’t do them yet, as the individual developer who needs better layout of symbols etc can do a non-optimizing compile easy while a project that cannot optimize (was some decades ago, but I was in one C++ project that broke spectacularly when we switched on the optimizer as there were so many bugs that were salvaged by padded code - I trust ooRexx not to be one of those, but I would like to clock its real speed). For this we need to decide if rexxcps is sufficient for this purpose, or that we, for example, need to add the test suite as additional microbenchmarking 3) freeze functionality I think we did, as stated in the previous email, USB Rexx and NLS support is good but it is worth a 5.0.1 or a 5.1 4) branch for release I am for clear dates, let’s say August 1, 2016? 5) have a public beta for a week or two on August 15, 2016 6) look over the documentation and see if that needs polishing, additions, examples etc. Build release set of docs. 7) release by the symposium date, with someone to tell about the changes and new platforms? With convincing applications? I would like your comments and advice on this list, so we can make it final in a few days. best regards, René. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
