Re: [Netrexx-develop] Releasing NetRexx 4.02

[Terry F. <ta...@pg...>]

Hello René,

Trying out netrexx 4.02:

  * on Linux Mint 20.2 (debian distro)
  * with java 11 (!) [openjdk 11.0.13 2021-10-19
                                 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build
    11.0.13+8-Ubuntu- 0ubuntu1.20.04)
                                OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build
    11.0.13+8-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.04, mixed mode, sharing)}

  I got thru the basic install checks.  Now I'm working my way thru the 
examples, I was able to compile and run rexxcps and testdate.  But when 
I try to compile TreeViewSampleNRX I get the following:

NetRexx portable processor 4.02-GA build 55-20220124-1319 Copyright (c) 
RexxLA, 2011,2022. All rights reserved. Parts Copyright (c) IBM 
Corporation, 1995,2008. Program TreeViewSampleNRX.nrx 10 +++ import 
javafx.collections. +++ ^^^^^^ +++ Warning: No classes found for import 
from package 'javafx.collections.' 16 +++ class TreeViewSampleNRX 
extends Application +++ ^^^^^^^^^^^ +++ Error: The class 'Application' 
cannot be found Compilation of 'TreeViewSampleNRX.nrx' failed [one 
error, one warning]

I've installed both the OpenJava JDK and javafx (tho' I don't know how 
to verify that).  In the olden days I used to be able to use the javadoc 
documentation to root around in the classes, but I cannot seem to find 
that now (after lots of googling/duckduckgo'ing).  If you've got a 
pointer to javadoc for version 11, I might be able to limp along a 
little further 😉

On 2022-01-24 03:50, René Jansen wrote:
> Dear developers,
>
> I am releasing 4.02 today as an (not marked as such) release candidate. This because there is some work to be done that will disrupt the opportunity to release 4.02 with a limited change set.
> It contains the improvements as signalled in the release notes:
>
> NetRexx 4.02 GA [Januari 24, 2022]
>
> - for building NetRexx 4.0.2, Java 8 is now the lowest supported version
> - tested and buildable from Java 8 up to and including Java 19ea
> - including a fix for building on Java >=18
> - NetRexx option (no)annotate to turn off pass through annotations
> - NetRexxC.jar and NetRexxF.jar now contain the ANT task for NetRexx
> - The ANT task is modified for the new -annotations option
> - The ANT task is modified for the new -address option
> - ANT in the source code repository upgraded to 1.10 for building NetRexx
> - a new chapter in the Programming Guide documenting two ANT scenarios
> - new special word asknoecho to request console input without echo, e.g. for passwords
> - NetRexx option MOD for generation of tailored source representations (Jason Martin)
> - documentation additions and corrections (numerous)
> - the base font for all documents is now an open source version of Times, due to font copyright issues
>
> Pipeline additions, improvements:
> - fix for arguments on command stage
> - DIGEST stage (SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, MD2, MD5 and more).
> - a small CMS-compatibility improvement for stage LITERAL (Jeff Hennick)
> - a new pipr script that is guaranteed to work in a Docker container (Marc Remes)
>
> Releasing it as a RC first leaves us with the option of recalling it when accidents happen, or do nothing when it is fine. It does not seem to contain high-risk issues like 4.01 - and that was very successful.
> It will hit the website sometimes later today CET.
>
> For NetRexx 5 I would like to focus on:
>
> - solving the issue with output handles and multithreading that inhibits a well working JSR223 interface (René/Marc)
> - a Streams implementation (closely related with the previous issue at the core, but also delivering a Classic Rexx compatible I/O model) (René/Marc)
> - address enhancements (address with etc, integration with the OS Address package, outtrap): (Marc/René)
> - CMS compatibility enhancements (if necessary; up to Jeff)
> - command line versus .njp versus conformity (René)
> - Android introduction, builds and examples (a lot, if not most work already done by Jason)
> - fixing an issue with Annotations that is there but nobody noticed
>
> I announced the move to Github at the 2021 Symposium, but it is not so bad as it sounds: the main repo will be at SourceForge for the time being, but I will maintain a shadow repo at Github. The issue list, however, will be at Github (we never got around to use the one at SourceForge, so I will use all the project/issue/kanban/discussion fora infra at Github. Thanks to Jason we have the complete list of open issues from when we needed to move away from project Kenai.
>
> Please let me know your Github userid if I don’t know them yet. The ownership of the Github repo is with the RexxLA user, but I will mostly use my personal userid to do the work. If you are reading this list and are a ‘management/continuity’-user of the SF NetRexx repository, please be in touch to continue in this role, if you still want to do that.
>
> Best regards,
>
> René.
>
>
>
>
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