Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Heads up of GEF classic (used to be GEF l

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to Ed for restoring the old feature ID, the new GEF 3.14.0
version has been contributed. I know we are not supposed to publish
new versions here, but as GEF Classic was inactive for a longer time I
wanted to avoid surprises.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 1:23 PM Ed Merks <ed.merks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Lars,
>
> I think the approach of changing the feature IDs is not viable and that
> this should be avoided.  I've opened this issue to explain the problem
> and we can discuss the issue further there:
>
> https://github.com/eclipse/gef-classic/issues/70
>
> Regards,
> Ed
>
>
> On 16.06.2022 12:29, Lars Vogel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > GEF legacy is currently resurrected and has been renamed to GEF
> > Classic. I'm currently helping with the release work.
> >
> > For the 2022-09 Release we are planning to contribute a new version of
> > GEF classic to the simrel. It is basically the same version only the
> > Java version has been updated to require Java 11 and due to the
> > introduction of pomless builds some feature IDs were renamed.
> >
> > There is real work planned for GEF classic but we wanted to start with
> > a release which has minimal changes to reduce possible breakages for
> > consumers.
> >
> > GMF has already been prepared to use the new version and has also a
> > pending contribution to the simrel. We wanted to wait for the 2022-06
> > release to finish to avoid late game changes.
> >
> > I was told that during the contribution process I should disable all
> > contributions which fail due to this contribution. So far it looks
> > like GMF, DTP needs some update. The changes required should be small
> > as you only need to update your usage of the feature ID in case you
> > include or require GEF classic features into your own features /
> > products.
> >
> > The latest GEF version can be found here in case you what to test your
> > builds against it:
> > https://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/classic/releases/latest/
> >
> > Please report issues to https://github.com/eclipse/gef-classic/issues
> >
> > Best regards, Lars
> >
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