[Laszlo-dev] Projects in development, DHTML runtime required.

[Benjamin Shine]

Yes, please schedule a trunk build tonight -- or sooner, if the build  
machines aren't otherwise occupied.

On Nov 19, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Mamye Kratt wrote:

> I was running the 4.0.7 release on Friday night. Ben, if you fixed  
> the windows doc problem I can schedule a trunk build tonite.
>
> Mamye
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Shine"  
> <ben at laszlosystems.com>
> To: "P T Withington" <ptw at pobox.com>
> Cc: "Laszlo-dev mailing list" <Laszlo-dev at openlaszlo.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Laszlo-dev] Projects in development, DHTML runtime  
> required.
>
>
>>
>> Actually, the binary installers for windows are *supposed* to be  
>> in  the nightly builds, too, but since 7149 our nightly windows  
>> builds  have been broken. I tried to fix this on friday, but maybe  
>> we haven't  had any trunk builds scheduled since then. I'll  
>> investigate.
>>
>> For a recent-ish nightly build with a windows installer:
>> http://download.openlaszlo.org/nightly/trunk/7149
>>
>> On Nov 18, 2007, at 5:33 AM, P T Withington wrote:
>>
>>> The trunk nightly's are complete builds, just like the 4.0.x   
>>> builds, it just doesn't have the installer package (which  
>>> installs  tomcat, etc.). Since you already have tomcat, just  
>>> download and  install the trunk servlet from http:// 
>>> download.openlaszlo.org/ nightly/trunk/ and you should be good to  
>>> go.
>>>
>>> On 2007-11-16, at 17:54 EST, Jim wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Amy,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your reply.
>>>>
>>>> I did think about using that in trunk, as was suggested by  
>>>> senshi  in one of my forum posts:
>>>>
>>>> http://forum.openlaszlo.org/showthread.php?t=11136
>>>>
>>>> However, it is my understanding that I would then need to  
>>>> follow  the instruction in the "SubversionBuildInstructions"  
>>>> Wiki page at http://wiki.openlaszlo.org/ 
>>>> SubversionBuildInstructions.
>>>>
>>>> This seems rather involved, so before I commit time to this, I   
>>>> wanted to be certain that 4.1 was not imminent.
>>>>
>>>> Since it is clear now that I should just bring the ringding  
>>>> branch  down to my dev platform, am I correct that I would need  
>>>> to follow  the instructions to build it per the wiki  
>>>> instructions, at the  URL, above? Can you clarify what I am to  
>>>> do if it is not per that  wiki page?
>>>>
>>>> Please advise.
>>>>
>>>> I don't mind putting in the time to work with the trunk  
>>>> build...provided I am going down the right path to build it, to   
>>>> begin with.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Amy Muntz wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>>>
>>>>> You can try out the current level of DHTML support in trunk   
>>>>> nightly builds, instead of the 4.0.6 nightly builds. Trunk is   
>>>>> where the ongoing DHTML work is happening. The 40.6 builds are   
>>>>> swf-only focused and built on the wafflecone branch.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd suggest you try the trunk nightly build and see how far  
>>>>> you  get: http://download.openlaszlo.org/nightly/trunk/
>>>>> Unfortunately, I can't give you a concrete schedule. We do have  
>>>>> a  list of P0's for RingDing that is our current must-fix  
>>>>> criteria  for the next release including DHTML.  Any  
>>>>> contributions of fixes  to those would be welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Amy Muntz
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 11:15 AM, Jim wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am in the planning and development stages of a couple of  
>>>>>> OpenLaszlo-based projects. Both require a runtime of DHTML  
>>>>>> since  my customer's in-house policy precludes the use of SWF,  
>>>>>> as a  matter of company security policy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need to know how to schedule these, meaning I need to know   
>>>>>> what the expected release date is of the official DHTML  
>>>>>> version,  a.k.a. "ringding".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As I understand it, this is the branch where all DHTML- 
>>>>>> related  fixes are going.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are working with the 4.0.6 nightly, here, and have noted   
>>>>>> several DHTML-specific "quirks" which are expected to be  
>>>>>> fixed  in 4.1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is not much to go on at http://wiki.openlaszlo.org/  
>>>>>> Platform_Roadmap, and the latest word in the forums comes  
>>>>>> from  Raju:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "4.1 is not a matter of weeks but a matter of months. Early   
>>>>>> October we can tell you more about that."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Source: http://forum.openlaszlo.org/showpost...16&postcount=3
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would appreciate any word of insight, advise,  
>>>>>> recommendations,  so that I may effectively shape my  
>>>>>> customer's expectations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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