Re: FreeMarker 2.4 branch src repo has moved to github

Friday, May 27, 2011, 5:51:13 AM, Jonathan Revusky wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry to have been silent lately. I haven't had too much to say
> really. I think this is a good step. I have been thinking I would
> really like to put some effort into 2.4 and get it out. I am writing
> from Dalian, China, and I was told by somebody just a day ago that
> FreeMarker has very large user base in China. To have done something
> with that much impact is very satisfying to me. In the last couple of
> days, I have been thinking, even moping a bit, about why we got so
> stuck on 2.3.x and 2.4.x never got out there.

I think you confuse 3.0.0 with 2.4.0 here. 2.4.0 is almost the same as
2.3.x-GAE.

> I am reluctant to point fingers, since much of it must be my fault,
> but that is all past. Maybe we really can do something.
>
> I am going back to Spain tomorrow and I will at least get the git
> repository going on my computer(s) and just try to get my head back in
> the code.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Daniel Dekany <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Here it is:
>> https://github.com/freemarker/freemarker
>>
>> And again, this is only the source repository that has moved, not the
>> bug tracker, nor the Wiki. And ATM only for the 2.4 branch. Do not try
>> to commit into the SVN 2.4 branch anymore.
>>
>> I have already added 3 collaborators (people who can push into that
>> repo directly): ddekany, szegedi, revusky. Feel free to push directly
>> the "master" branch if what you are doing is not experimental.
>>
>> Why not 2.3.x on github? Well, I can create a branch for it if I have
>> to... But no more 2.3.x release is planned unless some ugly bugs pop
>> up. For the readers panicking: 2.4.0 will be almost like 2.3.17,
>> except it has more up-to-date optional dependencies (like Jython
>> 2.2.1+ is required, if you are using Jython at all) and some better
>> defaults (like SLF4J is the default logger), and GAE compatibility.
>> These are not 100% backward-compatible changes, and thus the 2nd
>> version had to change, following out version policy. But migrating to
>> 2.4.0 will be trivial. These are really mostly just "integration"
>> changes.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>  Daniel Dekany
>>
>>
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