Thread: [tcljava-user] Tcl Java 1.4 Release - stable?

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The website page says 1.4.0 is not production ready.  Is that still the case?  

http://tcljava.sourceforge.net/docs/website/index.html

Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> The website page says 1.4.0 is not production ready.  Is that still the case?  
>   
Yes, 1.4 will need quite a bit more testing before it can be considered 
production ready.

Mo

On Tuesday 23 January 2007 18:12, Tom Poindexter wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 07:10:31PM -0800, Mo DeJong wrote:
> > Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > > The website page says 1.4.0 is not production ready.  Is that still the
> > > case?
> >
> > Yes, 1.4 will need quite a bit more testing before it can be considered
> > production ready.
>

How much more testing?  Can we help out writing regression tests and so forth?

Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 January 2007 18:12, Tom Poindexter wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 07:10:31PM -0800, Mo DeJong wrote:
>>     
>>> Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>>>       
>>>> The website page says 1.4.0 is not production ready.  Is that still the
>>>> case?
>>>>         
>>> Yes, 1.4 will need quite a bit more testing before it can be considered
>>> production ready.
>>>       
>
> How much more testing?  Can we help out writing regression tests and so forth

The term "production ready" means that the software has been stable for 
some time and has been
tested in real production environments without problems. The term 
"stable" means that the software
is feature complete and only important bug fixes will be applied. The 
1.4 tree is not even considered
"stable" yet since new features will be added before the next release.

For most users, these distinctions will not matter one bit. Most 
everyone will just use 1.4.0.
But it does matter for large organizations planning new releases that 
include Jacl and Tcl Blend.
A new bug that goes undiscovered until a system goes into production 
could be very costly
to a large organization.

Mo DeJong

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 07:10:31PM -0800, Mo DeJong wrote:
> Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > The website page says 1.4.0 is not production ready.  Is that still the case?  
> >   
> Yes, 1.4 will need quite a bit more testing before it can be considered 
> production ready.

For my use, 1.4 is 'production ready', (Your Mileage May Vary, Not Valid
In Some States, etc.)

I understand Mo's caution perfectly.  

For me, TJC and IncrTcl in Jacl are compelling features.  I'm using
1.4.0+ in my Aejaks project.

-- 
Tom Poindexter
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