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From: Robert M. <rob...@gm...> - 2008-12-23 10:56:41
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All, Gerd and I recently made some decisions about the next major release of SQuirreL. (This doesn't apply to 2.6.9 which is a minor release and may be released soon). We have been adding enhancements to the trunk which have only been available in the snapshot builds for the entire year of 2008. The enhancements involve many areas of the code and will give SQuirreL a new look as well as new features. Also, some of the UI changes leverage Java APIs that are only available in Java6. There are also enhanced JDBC APIs that will be used going forward that are also only available in Java6. We dropped support for 1.4 on 12/31/2006 with the 2.4 release and moved to Java5 then. While dropping support for Java5 in this upcoming release may not be well received by some users, we believe that is the best way forward for SQuirreL. Given that there are so many changes, rather than calling the next release 2.7, we decided it would be more appropriate to call the release 3.0. As far as timing, we are currently planning an end of January release date - although that is not set in stone. Let us know of any development or translation concerns on the appropriate mailing list as soon as you can. Rob |
