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  • OORexx 5.0

    From Cruz, Jaime@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 30 20:47:02 2020
    This has been in beta for quite a long time. Any idea when it might go
    GA? I ask because you cannot install 4.2 under the latest LTS version
    of Ubuntu (or the latest version of Linux Mint). You MUST install 5.0,
    but I'm concerned that it is only a beta version...

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  • From Gil Barmwater@21:1/5 to Jaime on Fri Jul 31 13:21:44 2020
    On 7/30/2020 8:47 PM, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
    This has been in beta for quite a long time.  Any idea when it might go GA?  I ask because you cannot install 4.2 under the latest LTS version
    of Ubuntu (or the latest version of Linux Mint).  You MUST install 5.0,
    but I'm concerned that it is only a beta version...
    Well, it's a beta ONLY because we can't seem to get the development team
    to do what is required to make it a full release, not because it has
    unfixed bugs. I actively use the latest builds and have experienced NO problems. As it fixes many of the issues that are part of 4.2 as well as providing a LOT of new features and enhancements, I would strongly
    suggest that you give it a try. I'm sure you will be happy with the result!

    --
    Gil Barmwater

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  • From Andy McMenemy@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 1 00:37:36 2020
    I concur with Gil. I’ve been using the V5 beta for about a year now on Mac and on Linux and it seems rock solid to me.

    Andy

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  • From Cruz, Jaime@21:1/5 to Gil Barmwater on Sat Aug 1 09:58:48 2020
    On 7/31/20 1:21 PM, Gil Barmwater wrote:
    On 7/30/2020 8:47 PM, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
    This has been in beta for quite a long time.  Any idea when it might
    go GA?  I ask because you cannot install 4.2 under the latest LTS
    version of Ubuntu (or the latest version of Linux Mint).  You MUST
    install 5.0, but I'm concerned that it is only a beta version...
    Well, it's a beta ONLY because we can't seem to get the development team
    to do what is required to make it a full release, not because it has
    unfixed bugs. I actively use the latest builds and have experienced NO problems. As it fixes many of the issues that are part of 4.2 as well as providing a LOT of new features and enhancements, I would strongly
    suggest that you give it a try. I'm sure you will be happy with the result!


    Thank you. I have it installed on my Ubuntu 20.04LTS and Linux Mint 20
    VM test sessions, and so far haven't seen any issues. I did notice I had
    to change the first (comment line) in order to get my scripts to work
    with 5.0 and that the change also works with 4.2, so I've already
    updated all of my scripts on my "live" systems in preparation for the
    upgrades.

    --
    Jaime A. Cruz

    Nassau Wings Motorcycle Club
    http://www.nassauwings.org/

    AMA District 34
    https://www.amad34.org/

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  • From Gil Barmwater@21:1/5 to Jaime on Sat Aug 1 10:21:21 2020
    If you don't mind sharing, I'n curious as to what you needed to change
    in the first line that was keeping 5.0.0 from working?

    Gil B.
    On 8/1/2020 9:58 AM, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
    On 7/31/20 1:21 PM, Gil Barmwater wrote:
    On 7/30/2020 8:47 PM, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
    This has been in beta for quite a long time.  Any idea when it might
    go GA?  I ask because you cannot install 4.2 under the latest LTS
    version of Ubuntu (or the latest version of Linux Mint).  You MUST
    install 5.0, but I'm concerned that it is only a beta version...
    Well, it's a beta ONLY because we can't seem to get the development
    team to do what is required to make it a full release, not because it
    has unfixed bugs. I actively use the latest builds and have
    experienced NO problems. As it fixes many of the issues that are part
    of 4.2 as well as providing a LOT of new features and enhancements, I
    would strongly suggest that you give it a try. I'm sure you will be
    happy with the result!


    Thank you.  I have it installed on my Ubuntu 20.04LTS and Linux Mint 20
    VM test sessions, and so far haven't seen any issues. I did notice I had
    to change the first (comment line) in order to get my scripts to work
    with 5.0 and that the change also works with 4.2, so I've already
    updated all of my scripts on my "live" systems in preparation for the upgrades.
    --
    Gil Barmwater

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  • From Cruz, Jaime@21:1/5 to Gil Barmwater on Sun Aug 2 09:29:56 2020
    On 8/1/20 10:21 AM, Gil Barmwater wrote:
    If you don't mind sharing, I'n curious as to what you needed to change
    in the first line that was keeping 5.0.0 from working?

    Gil B.


    I don't think I have a copy of a script with the old comment line. The
    new comment line is:

    #!/usr/bin/env rexx

    The old one pointed to the directory where the REXX interpreter lived,
    but it seems that 5.0 gets installed into a different directory. The
    comment above works with both 4.2 and 5.0

    --
    Jaime A. Cruz

    Nassau Wings Motorcycle Club
    http://www.nassauwings.org/

    AMA District 34
    https://www.amad34.org/

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  • From Gil Barmwater@21:1/5 to Jaime on Sun Aug 2 10:40:40 2020
    Ah, yes that was to be expected. There was a LOT of discussion among the developers about the "proper" location for ooRexx to be installed on
    *nix-like systems. We believe we now have it "right" but it is different
    than it was for 4.2.0 so the hash-bang line was impacted. Sorry for the
    extra work that caused you. I'll make sure the documentation covers that
    change and its impact on existing shell scripts. As you've discovered,
    there is a way to make the hash-bang line independent of the installed
    location so it will work regardless of where ooRexx resides.

    Gil B.

    On 8/2/2020 9:29 AM, Cruz, Jaime wrote:
    On 8/1/20 10:21 AM, Gil Barmwater wrote:
    If you don't mind sharing, I'n curious as to what you needed to change
    in the first line that was keeping 5.0.0 from working?

    Gil B.


    I don't think I have a copy of a script with the old comment line.  The
    new comment line is:

    #!/usr/bin/env rexx

    The old one pointed to the directory where the REXX interpreter lived,
    but it seems that 5.0 gets installed into a different directory.  The comment above works with both 4.2 and 5.0
    --
    Gil Barmwater

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  • From Cruz, Jaime@21:1/5 to Gil Barmwater on Tue Aug 4 20:31:40 2020
    On 8/2/20 10:40 AM, Gil Barmwater wrote:
    Ah, yes that was to be expected. There was a LOT of discussion among the developers about the "proper" location for ooRexx to be installed on *nix-like systems. We believe we now have it "right" but it is different
    than it was for 4.2.0 so the hash-bang line was impacted. Sorry for the
    extra work that caused you. I'll make sure the documentation covers that change and its impact on existing shell scripts. As you've discovered,
    there is a way to make the hash-bang line independent of the installed location so it will work regardless of where ooRexx resides.

    Gil Barmwater

    Wasn't that hard. I found the sample scripts that were bundled and
    looked at them to figure out how they were working. That's how I
    learned of the new requirement.

    It was the same when I first started using OORexx under Linux (from
    first OS/2 and then Windows). I had to change the opening "/*" comment
    line to the correct "hash-bang" in order to get them to work.


    --
    Jaime A. Cruz

    Nassau Wings Motorcycle Club
    http://www.nassauwings.org/

    AMA District 34
    https://www.amad34.org/

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