The differences between 14 and 14b are probably too small to matter. I wouldn't worry too much and don't offer beta installs if they are on the same version. Just re-activate the beta installs when they start the 15 cycle, and stop it again once there is a 15 release.
EdB On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > Boy, I wish they'd just call it 14.1. > > Here's the score card, for those interested. First, here is the current > entry in sdk-installer-config-4.0.xml: > <versionP id="air.sdk.version.windows.14.0b" version="14.0" > displayVersion="14.0.0.125 Beta"> > <server > id="air.sdk.server.windows.14.0b">http://labsdownload.adobe.com</server> > <folder > id="air.sdk.folder.windows.14.0b">pub/labs/flashruntimes/air/</folder> > <path > id="air.sdk.path.windows.14.0b"> > http://labsdownload.adobe.com/pub/labs/flas > hruntimes/air/</path> > <file > id="air.sdk.file.windows.14.0b">air14_sdk_sa_win.zip</file> > </versionP> > > -For SDK 4.11 and earlier, this should be ok. The installer code converts > the XML into a data structure, and will download from the correct path + > file. > > -For SDK 4.12.0 and 4.12.1, when using the installer, it should also be > ok. The installer passes the version, path and file from the data > structure into the Ant script. > -For anyone using Ant for 4.12.0 and 4.12.1 on Mac and Win (does anybody > actually do this?) there is no way to just set -Dair.version=XXX and get > the 14 beta to "do the right thing". You can specify -Dair.version=14.0b > and get the right download, but 14.0b will be written into the flex-config > and flex-description. If you set -Dair.version=14.0, you just get the > older 14.0 downloads. You can probably set four or five properties to get > it to work. > -Folks using Ant on Linux should be unaffected. > -For SDK 4.13.0, its caching does not use path + file and uses air.version > to pick up server + folder and then uses the passed in file. > > I tried changing the config-4.0.xml by setting the version to 14.0b. Then > the version passed from the installer to ant_on_air is 14.0b and the ant > scripts can properly look up the server + folder, but then 14.0b gets > written to flex-sdk-description and flex-config. > > Further, I'm pretty sure in that case, it will be 14.0b will be written to > flex-sdk-description and flex-config for SDK 4.12.0 and 4.12.1. > > So, my current conclusion is that we have to leave the version in the > config-4.0.xml as 14.0 so we don't break the scripts for SDK 4.12.0 and > 4.12.1. > > We could change the installer to pass in server + folder. But that would > leave ant users without a simple solution. But are there any? > > We could add another attribute to the config-4.0.xml like > versionId="14.0b" and have the installer pass that in as well. Ant users > would then specify -Dair.versionID=14.0b" and the script would handle it > appropriately. > > We could switch to a config-4.1.xml and use 14.0b and strip the "b" > although string processing in Ant is painful. > > We could simply not allow folks to use betas of an already released FP. > > Basically, air.version is used both to select server+folder from the > config.xml and be the string that goes into flex-sdk-description and > flex-config. For backward compatibility, we have to leave the string as > 14.0 or change to a new config-4.1.xml. And if we change to > config-4.1.xml, it might be easier to add another attribute instead of > string processing. > > Thoughts? > -Alex > > > On 6/28/14 7:10 PM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >> I switched the beta version to 14.0b and that > >> got the url lookup and cache to work for me, but then we get messed up > >>at > >> the end of the install script trying to stick 14.0b into the > >> flex-sdk-description and/or flex-config. > > > >Remove alpha's from version numbers before substituting? > > > >Re the flex sdk description I'm not sure it matters (but having "beta" > >would be nice but not essential) but other flex config files it's an > >issue. > > > >Justin > > -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
