I am all for merging both features into trunk. Then we must press for release,
and focus on the no-admin version.
Best regards,
René.
> On 21 Jul 2018, at 17:09, Jon Wolfers <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to the list.
>
> I would really like to see address with in ooRexx. I don't mind if it is
> 5.0.0 or the next release, but it does bring us closer to ANSI and regina.
>
> I can't get excited about variable references, but that might be a lack of
> imagination on my part.
>
> Thank you Rick and Gil and Erich for your efforts here
>
> Jon
>
>> On 21 July 2018 at 20:43, Rick McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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]>
>>> To: Rony G. Flatscher <[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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