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From: Gerd W. <ger...@t-...> - 2008-12-25 19:28:49
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Hi all, on our web page you can find some forecast information about the next SQuirreL version. See: http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/squirrel30/SQuirreL30UILayout.html Merry Christmas to everyone Gerd Robert Manning wrote: > All, > > Gerd and I recently made some decisions about the next major release > of SQuirreL. > (This doesn't apply to 2.6.9 which is a minor release and may be > released soon). > We have been adding enhancements to the trunk which have only been available in > the snapshot builds for the entire year of 2008. The enhancements involve many > areas of the code and will give SQuirreL a new look as well as new > features. Also, > some of the UI changes leverage Java APIs that are only available in > Java6. There > are also enhanced JDBC APIs that will be used going forward that are also only > available in Java6. We dropped support for 1.4 on 12/31/2006 with the > 2.4 release and > moved to Java5 then. While dropping support for Java5 in this upcoming release > may not be well received by some users, we believe that is the best > way forward for > SQuirreL. Given that there are so many changes, rather than calling > the next release 2.7, > we decided it would be more appropriate to call the release 3.0. As > far as timing, we > are currently planning an end of January release date - although that > is not set in stone. > Let us know of any development or translation concerns on the > appropriate mailing > list as soon as you can. > > Rob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Squirrel-sql-develop mailing list > Squ...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrel-sql-develop > |
