SVN was giving me fits with the merge, but I believe trunk is now correctly
updated with both features.
Rick
On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 3:43 PM 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]> <[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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