JCL: poll about the future of the Jedi Code Library (JCL)

Florent Ouchet

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Sep 22, 2007, 10:57:47 AM9/22/07

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Hi all,

Version 1.101 of the Jedi Code Library was released few days ago; we
now have some months to look after future version of the library.

(please follow up to news://forums.talkto.net/jedi.jcl )

I would like to bring the JCL to a new level of development (let say
2.0). This step would allow breaking changes such as the removal of old
version(s) of the compiler and the removal (or major update) of outdated
parts of the library. By ceasing support for old version of
Delphi/C++Builder, team members could focus on writing new code rather
than wasting their time on checking compatibility.

Feedback from the community of users is welcome. It will help
development team to have a better understanding of users' needs and
expectations. Please take some time to fill this survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SJWu_2fQtdIQYHF4qxPB8ecg_3d_3d

(The number of answers the poll can accept is limited; I'll post a link
to a new poll (identical) to collect more answers when needed).

Surveys will be opened during 2 or 3 weeks starting from now; results
will be published in jedi.jcl newsgroup.

Presently, the JCL supports the following list of IDE:
- C++Builder 5
- C++Builder 6
- C++Builder 2006
- C++Builder 2007
- Delphi 5
- Delphi 6
- Delphi 7
- Delphi 2005
- Delphi 2006
- Delphi 2007
- Delphi.net 2005
- Delphi.net 2006
- Delphi.net 2007
- Kylix 3
IMO, 5 to 8 supported products would be efficient. Users of deprecated
ones could still use JCL 1.101.

Obsolete code in the library (aka marked with KEEP_DEPRECATED compiler
directives) could be removed. Support for Windows 95/98 could be dropped
too.

Several libraries (part of Project Jedi or standalone) rely on the Jedi
Code Library, this project would affect the list of IDE versions they
support too. The feedback about these changes is welcome too.

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Florent Ouchet
JCL Team Coordinator

Dean Hill

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Sep 24, 2007, 9:27:27 AM9/24/07

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Florent Ouchet wrote:

> Feedback from the community of users is welcome. It will help
> development team to have a better understanding of users' needs and
> expectations. Please take some time to fill this survey:

Could you post the results back here?

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Dean

Florent Ouchet

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Sep 24, 2007, 3:55:41 PM9/24/07

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Dean Hill a écrit :

> Could you post the results back here?
>

As announced, results will be posted in news://forums.talkto.net/jedi.jcl
You can access this newsgroup from web portal http://delphi.newswhat.com/

A notice will be posted here announcing the end of the poll.

- Florent

Dean Hill

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Sep 24, 2007, 4:51:56 PM9/24/07

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Florent Ouchet wrote:

> A notice will be posted here announcing the end of the poll.

Thanks

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Dean

Florent Ouchet

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Sep 30, 2007, 2:13:07 PM9/30/07

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Reminder: the poll about the future of the JCL will be closed in few
days. To enter your answers, please fill this survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SJWu_2fQtdIQYHF4qxPB8ecg_3d_3d

Regards,

Florent Ouchet

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Oct 9, 2007, 3:14:52 PM10/9/07

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Hi all,

This poll is now closed; results are available in
news://forums.talkto.net:119/jedi.binaries
and at http://jcl.sourceforge.net/poll/JediPoll.pdf

Thanks for your time

Florent

Q Correll

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Oct 10, 2007, 12:28:48 PM10/10/07

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Florent,

| Thanks for your time

Thanks for the report link.

Good job and very interesting.

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Q

10/10/2007 09:28:05

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