I'm with Om. Call 3.0. Any issues (incorrectly) building from source will probably not happen that often in the wild, as this is realistically speaking a utility for which even devs will download the binaries.
EdB On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 7:49 AM, OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mar 15, 2014 11:11 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 3/15/14 9:59 PM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >> 1) Justin voted -1 and listed several issues. I'm still looking for > > >> enough information to try to reproduce "Error: Inconsistant linkage in > > >> > > > >>/Users/justinmclean/Documents/ApacheFlexDevelopGit/frameworks/libs/air/ai > > >>rg > > >> lobal.swc(flash.utils:ByteArray, flash.utils:CompressionAlgorithm, > > >> flash.utils:IDataInput2, flash.utils:IDataOutput2) - > > >> 'flash.utils:ByteArray' is marked as extern, but > > >>'flash.utils:IDataInput2' > > >> is not" > > >> Justin: can you provide the steps to reproduce? > > >Change FLEX_HOME to point to a 4.12 SDK, (that's been set up with AIR > > >4.0) and try run ant in ant_for_air directory. > > Couldn't repro. What is AIR_HOME pointing to? BTW, I was able to > > reproduce the "invalid application descriptor" issue by pointing AIR_HOME > > to AIR 3.9. But I can't repro this "Inconsistent Linkage" issue. In the > > vote thread you mentioned someone about the "Latest SDK" and "Latest > > develop branch" so I'm not sure how those factor in. > > > > > > > >> 2) The Installer apparently has not and does not provide the correct > > >>build > > >> numbers for the RSLs for 4.11 and older releases (except for > > >> OSMF.swc/swf). IOW, this is a bug in Installer 2.7 that is not fixed > > >>for > > >> older releases. The installer.xml for 4.12 looks like it is providing > > >>the > > >> correct build numbers. > > >Yep in 4.12 the RSL numbers is correct so I don't see this as a show > > >stopper, but it would still be nice to fix. Users will run into this > > >issue and we'll have to spend time and effort in telling they how to fix > > >it. > > Are you going to vote -1 unless I fix it? > > > > > > > >> 3) The README incorrectly states that the ant_on_air build will pick > up > > >> FLEX_HOME_WIN and FLEX_HOME_MAC environment variables and no longer > > >>states > > >> that the installer build will. Since the README is not in the source > > >>kit, > > >> I was going to change the README, make a new tag, then post RC7 with > the > > >> modified README. > > >The README is in the source release so this would mean the signatures > > >would no longer be valid. > > Yes, you're right, I keep forgetting the build.xml is not at the > > top-level. What do others think should we fix the README in an R8 or > ship > > as is? > > > > > > > >Also the locale issue is a -1 for me even if the issue is elsewhere, we > > >can't release the installer if there an issue like this. If you look at > > >the installs of 4.12 only about 16% of installs are from the USA. > > I guess the folks who tested the installer must have the right locales > for > > their projects otherwise we'd be seeing more complaints? IMO this mainly > > affects using 4.12 installed with the new installer to compile the > > installer? What do other's think? Should we hold off on this installer > > until we fix 4.12? > > > > -Alex > > I personally would like you to go back to concentrating on FlexJS, so, yes, > let's pop the champagne on Installer 3.0. > > We can always do a 3.1 if we get a lot of people complain. > > Thanks, > Om > > > -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
