There has been no discussion on this case. Is there a +1 lurking around out there? We can talk about it at ARC business tomorrow. -edh
Edward Hunter wrote: > Tonda, > Thanks. For the ARC, I do not believe this is something within the > control of this project. They of course need to document this for > their users but I think they plan to do that already. > -edh > > > Tonda Nebuzelsky wrote: >> Edward Hunter wrote: >> >>> Tonda and I have been having a discussion about the relationship >>> between Netbeans releases and JavaFX releases. I wanted to make sure >>> it got captured in the mail log. -edh >>> >> >> Hi all, >> >> here is an additional feedback from my team to the JavaFX related >> questions... >> >> >>> I think there are still a couple of questions that would make this >>> clear: >>> >>> 1) Will it be possible to build a 1.2.1 JavaFX app using 6.8.1? >>> >> >> No. JavaFX 1.3 is not compatible with 1.2.1 from API point of view at >> IDE integration level. We need to completely rebuild our support, it is >> quite impossible to keep the two FX SDKs supported side by side in >> the IDE. >> >> >>> 2) If not what is it that binds JavaFX and Netbeans together to >>> prevent that. >>> >> >> JavaFX team is changing completely structure of SDK, API of SDK etc. >> Version 1.3 of FX SDK has little to nothing comparing to 1.2.1 :-( . >> This is also significant issue for us, because it is costly >> design/change to support. >> >> >>> Basically, if it is possible to stay with 1.2.1 if you want that >>> would be okay. If you are forced to move to 1.3 when you upgrade to >>> 6.8.1 that would be interesting. Does that make sense? >>> >> >> A user can use both 6.8 and 6.8.1 in parallel if she needs to do FX >> 1.2.1 and FX 1.3 development together. Needless to say that JavaFX team >> will remove 1.2.1 bits after 1.3 is available (this is expected as in >> the past it was the case), so the only way to get the older FX SDK will >> be with the older NetBeans. >> >> >>> Ultimately I'm trying to understand how closely bound together these >>> two things are. >>> >> >> Best Regards, >> ~tonda >> NetBeans >> >>
