Not of a lot of discussion on this, but also not a lot of objection either.
If nothing changes, then I will start merging these features back into
trunk on Monday.
Rick
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 6:30 AM Rony G. Flatscher <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Forwarding to this list as Gil seems to not be able to post currently.
>
> ---rony
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> 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 <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
> To: Rony G. Flatscher <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
>
> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>> 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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