During last week's sprint, after going over all of the pro's and con's of naming conventions, it was decided that the next Click framework version would be called "ubuntu-sdk-14.04".
We want to start having app developers target the latest set of APIs, but since they are still in development and subject to change, we also decided to use a interim framework version called "ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev". This framework version would match the APIs as they are right now, but because they are not the final version of the 14.04 APIs we won't make any guarantee that this specific framework version will be supported. If we get to the release of 14.04, and we haven't made any API changes that would break backwards compatibility with the 14.04-dev APIs, we can continue to support it, otherwise we will drop support for that framework and app developers will need to update their apps accordingly. I would like to note that we don't plan on doing this every cycle, but there are so many additions to the set of supported APIs already that we want app developers to be able to take advantage of them, properly using the Click framework definitions, without having to wait until April. After 14.04 is stable, we will likely support only that version (and the previous 13.10 version) until the next stable release in 14.10. Below are the list of things that need to be done in various places in order to support the ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev framework version: 1) [bzoltan] Update QtCreator plugin and/or templates to use "ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev" in the Click manifest.json for all *new* projects. Existing projects using "ubuntu-sdk-13.10" will still be supported, and the framework version doesn't need to change unless the developer adds the new APIs to the app, in which case it's their responsibility to update their manifest.json 2) [beuno] The Click store needs to accept Click package uploads using both the "ubuntu-sdk-13.10" and "ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev" frameworks. It also needs to accept queries (coming from the Click scope) containing one of both framework versions. Work will need to be coordinated with the Click scope developers on the format for passing more than one framework version. 3) [alecu] The Click scope will need to include both "ubuntu-sdk-13.10" and "ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev" in the query it sends to the Click store. The current scope, which is in the process of being re-written, uses a hard-coded value for this, and I propose that we just change that hard-coded value for now and add proper multi-framework support and detection into the new scope only. 4) [cjwatson] New device images need to have a file named ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev.framework placed in /usr/share/click/frameworks/ to let the Click tools know that it is a supported framework version. 5) [mhall191] The online API docs need to be updated for the 14.04 APIs. I have already done this for the QML docs, and am working on the HTML5 docs this week. 6) [mhall119] Once all of the other items have been completed, I will write a blog post on developer.ubuntu.com detailing the changes that were made, and their implication to application developers. In front of each item I put the IRC nick of the person who I think will be responsible for implementing it, if you have questions about one of them please contact that person. If you are listed there and you are not the right person, please let us know who is. And if you have questions about the reasons or implications of this change, or have questions that can't be answered by the posted person, please ask me. Thank you. -- Michael Hall mhall...@ubuntu.com -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-appstore-developers Post to : ubuntu-appstore-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-appstore-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
