Forwarding to this list as Gil seems to not be able to post currently.
---rony
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Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Address With and variable references in 5.0.0
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:06:30 -0400
From: Gil Barmwater <gi...@windstream.net>
To: Rony G. Flatscher <rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at>
While I agree that merging the two sandboxes into trunk would probably give
them more exposure,
assuming beta builds are available, the "stumbling block" remains the
documentation. I have looked
at the reference material for Address With for Regina and it is extensive.
Other than Rick and
Erich, I know of no one who has the capability to create that documentation.
While I am willing to
help, the DocBook learning curve is non-trivial, to say nothing of the
requirements for actually
building a document. I would definitely not want the code merged into trunk
without the
documentation being available. So we must wait for Erich to return from
vacation it appears.
My initial feeling was we should release 5.0.0 as it now exists in trunk and
then do a 5.1.0 with
the new features - Address With and variableReference - after the documentation
and testing are
finished. Unfortunately, this approach also requires Erich's time which has
been limited recently.
So I now think we should get the documentation done as described above, allow
for some more beta
testing of those features and then, finally release 5.0.0.
Just my two cents worth...
Gil B.
PS I have sent this off-list as I am still unable to post to the list - my IP
address has been
flagged for sending spam. Please feel free to post this to the list for me.
Thanks.
On 7/18/2018 11:25 AM, Rony G. Flatscher wrote:
> Adding both, addressWith and variableReference to trunk would help expose it
> to a much wider
> audience for experimenting with it once new betas got created from trunk.
> Both features are a real
> boon for ooRexx, IMHO.
>
> ---rony
>
>
> On 18.07.2018 12:35, Erich Steinböck wrote:
>> I'd really value this addition. With RFE#4 it's almost the oldest request
>> for enhancement that we
>> have in our tracker.
>>
>> I'll start doing the required changes for rexxref and rexxpg when returning
>> from vacation.
>> Finishing will take some time as there are quite a few API changes.
>>
>> Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com <mailto:object.r...@gmail.com>> schrieb
>> am Di., 17. Juli 2018
>> 22:08:
>>
>> I'm not sensing that there is much interest in these features being in
>> 5.0.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 4:12 PM Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:object.r...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Things have been very quiet about these new features, so I don't
>> really know if anybody
>> is actually playing around with them or not. The code is done, tests
>> are written. The
>> biggest outstanding item is getting the docs written. So, we need to
>> reach a consensus on
>> whether either of these features should be in 5.0.0 so the process
>> of merging can start.
>>
>> Rick
>>
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