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[Michael Hall <mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We would like to be able to start using the ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev
framework version for the Ubuntu App Showdown which is going to start
next week.  Can everybody with a work item respond to this email with an
update on their progress so we know where we stand?

Thanks.

Michael Hall
mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx

On 02/12/2014 05:17 PM, Michael Hall wrote:
> During last week's sprint, after going over all of the pro's and con's
> of naming conventions, it was decided that the next Click framework
> version would be called "ubuntu-sdk-14.04".
> 
> We want to start having app developers target the latest set of APIs,
> but since they are still in development and subject to change, we also
> decided to use a interim framework version called
> "ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev".  This framework version would match the APIs as
> they are right now, but because they are not the final version of the
> 14.04 APIs we won't make any guarantee that this specific framework
> version will be supported.  If we get to the release of 14.04, and we
> haven't made any API changes that would break backwards compatibility
> with the 14.04-dev APIs, we can continue to support it, otherwise we
> will drop support for that framework and app developers will need to
> update their apps accordingly.
> 
> I would like to note that we don't plan on doing this every cycle, but
> there are so many additions to the set of supported APIs already that we
> want app developers to be able to take advantage of them, properly using
> the Click framework definitions, without having to wait until April.
> After 14.04 is stable, we will likely support only that version (and the
> previous 13.10 version) until the next stable release in 14.10.
> 
> Below are the list of things that need to be done in various places in
> order to support the ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev framework version:
> 
> 1) [bzoltan] Update QtCreator plugin and/or templates to use
> "ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev" in the Click manifest.json for all *new*
> projects.  Existing projects using "ubuntu-sdk-13.10" will still be
> supported, and the framework version doesn't need to change unless the
> developer adds the new APIs to the app, in which case it's their
> responsibility to update their manifest.json
> 
> 2) [beuno] The Click store needs to accept Click package uploads using
> both the "ubuntu-sdk-13.10" and "ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev" frameworks. It
> also needs to accept queries (coming from the Click scope) containing
> one of both framework versions. Work will need to be coordinated with
> the Click scope developers on the format for passing more than one
> framework version.
> 
> 3) [alecu] The Click scope will need to include both "ubuntu-sdk-13.10"
> and "ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev" in the query it sends to the Click store.
> The current scope, which is in the process of being re-written, uses a
> hard-coded value for this, and I propose that we just change that
> hard-coded value for now and add proper multi-framework support and
> detection into the new scope only.
> 
> 4) [cjwatson] New device images need to have a file named
> ubuntu-sdk-14.04-dev.framework placed in /usr/share/click/frameworks/ to
> let the Click tools know that it is a supported framework version.
> 
> 5) [mhall191] The online API docs need to be updated for the 14.04 APIs.
>  I have already done this for the QML docs, and am working on the HTML5
> docs this week.
> 
> 6) [mhall119] Once all of the other items have been completed, I will
> write a blog post on developer.ubuntu.com detailing the changes that
> were made, and their implication to application developers.
> 
> In front of each item I put the IRC nick of the person who I think will
> be responsible for implementing it, if you have questions about one of
> them please contact that person.  If you are listed there and you are
> not the right person, please let us know who is.  And if you have
> questions about the reasons or implications of this change, or have
> questions that can't be answered by the posted person, please ask me.
> 
> Thank you.
>