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Xtext upgrade [message #1793434]

Wed, 08 August 2018 09:27

Dominik Leszyk

Messages: 19
Registered: December 2013

Junior Member

Hi All,

We have a bunch of DSLs written with Xtext 2.7 which we're going to migrate to the newest Xtext 2.14. In our builds we use Tycho.

What is your recommendation - should we just update version of dependencies in our poms and target definition platform files. Or would it be more recommended to generate new projects from scratch and move our DSL projects to the new structure?

Dominik

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Re: Xtext upgrade [message #1793435 is a reply to message #1793434]

Wed, 08 August 2018 09:52

Christian Dietrich

Messages: 12229
Registered: July 2009

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Its just a matter of personal preference and if you want to port the workflow too.
In all cases you have to copy and adapt anywhere. So there is no recommendation

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Re: Xtext upgrade [message #1793436 is a reply to message #1793435]

Wed, 08 August 2018 10:26

Ed Willink

Messages: 6033
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi

I continue to use old style Xtext and with only modest tweaks I can use the latest Xtext release, however I am aware that I am losing out on at least the new formatter. However the significant formatter bugs seem to persist anyway in Xtext/MWE2 editors. Not tracking the latest code has risks that functionality that you rely on eventually breaks. If you want your code to continue to run on an Xtext 2.7 platform then an upgrade is not a good idea. If you are refreshing your code as part of an enhancement program then an upgrade is probably sensible. If you are just feeling guilty about lagging behind, perhaps you can lag a bit further. When upgrading, I would certainly merge your old code into 'new' projects so that you pick up all the latest default facilities.

Regards

Ed Willink

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