Release 0.0.6 and 0.0.7
Posted by jgehtland Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:07:47 GMT
Ok, so we’ve been dark here on the blog for a while, but that is all about to change.
First, we are announcing the immediate release of Streamlined 0.0.6. This version has some bug fixes, the AjaxScaffold style, and is Rails 1.2 compliant. There are two gotchas:
- We aren’t sure how the upgrade will work for everybody, so we’re asking for community help on that front.
- Version 0.0.7 is a different architecture, so you might want to skip straight to it.
On the first topic, anybody who wants to go ahead and upgrade, try it on a copy of your project first and get in touch with us with any difficulties you encounter. We’d love it if somebody tried this out, figured out what gotchas there are (if any) and wrote a rake task to commit back to the project to make those gotchas disappear. Over on the mailing list, we’ve seen a bunch of requests on how to help out; this would be a really great place to start. We’ll be as responsive as we can be to upgrade issues—please use the comments here or the mailing list to let us know if anything goes wrong.
0.0.7
On the second topic, version 0.0.7 will no longer be a generator. Version 0.0.7 is a plugin, which is going to solve a bunch of problems for us (and you, we hope). The first is that upgrading will be even simpler (just run script/plugin update). The second is that all the problems we had with controllers, modules and namespaces will go away because you no longer derive your controllers from StreamlinedController. Instead, you can turn any controller into a Streamlined one using acts_as_streamlined. The third major benefit is cleanliness; we won’t clutter up the app with any extra files or folders upon install. Everything will be localized in the plugin folder.
We’re really excited about 0.0.7. We’re just finishing up the testing on it before we release it. When we do, we’re going to ask for input from the community again, this time to help folks transition from the generator style to the plugin style.
On top of all that, as soon as we release 0.0.7, we’ll also switch from Collaboa to Trac. We’ll update all the links. We’re going to do our best to get all the tickets moved over from Collaboa, but if you have one or more tickets of particular interest to you, you might want to keep an eye on the new site and make sure we got the one you are interested in.
One of the primary reasons to move to Trac is to make it easier for us to accept patches from you folks and start integrating your work into the project. So, help us out as we move forward by telling us if something is keeping you from either using Streamlined or contributing. We want to get it fixed.
Clicking on the 0.0.6 link http://www.streamlinedframework.org/streamlined_generator-0.0.6 says “Page Not Found”.
0.0.7 sounds like it will be a great release, and not just because of the cool 007 name.
I plan on holding off until it releases due to the uncertainty over the migration path due to the planned change in architecture.
Without making promises about a deadline, can you provide any guidance about planned availability of the new 007 version?
I appreciate all of the work that you both have put into this. Its very cool stuff.
Looking forward to the 0.0.7
glad to hear from you guys again i really like going to a plugin with this a lot! cleanliness ftw! ;)
Great to be seeing updates from you guys again.. I’ve been following streamlined with great interest but never used it for anything serious yet cause I know upgrading usually is a bitch when you generate code.. this new pluginapproach with 0.0.7 sounds awesome!
its great that this is out. As you recommend skipping to 7, when do you think that will be released? I plan to skip 6 and go straight to 7 so I don’t have to deal with the upgrade hassle.
glad to hear good news :) thank you guys
It appears that the download link is broken. The following link works: http://streamlined.relevancellc.com/pages/download
On a Mac, the easiest way to get Streamlined 0.0.6 is to issue this at the command line:
curl -O http://streamlined.relevancellc.com/streamlined_generator-0.0.6.gem
followed by of course:
sudo gem install streamlined_generator-0.0.6.gem
Any news on 007? I am really looking forward to this and I have a project that Streamlined would be great but I’d rather wait a little bit and run the plugin instead of the generator.