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Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:37
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Subject: RE: Xcode 2.4 Deprecation
Announcements
With the release
of Xcode 2.4, the "About Xcode Tools.pdf" document contains a deprecation
notice that directly affects WebOjects development. This notice reads:
NOTE:
As of the release of Xcode 2.4,
the Cocoa Java bridge has been deprecated. This means that, while still supported with Xcode 2.4,
future releases of Xcode may not support the bridge or other dependent
features.
Due to this, the following
additional WebObjects developer applications are also being
deprecated:
EOModeler
EOModeler Plugin
WebObjects Builder
WebServices Assistant
RuleEditor
WOALauncher
This also means
that the Xcode Java bridge templates have been deprecated, and should not be
used for new Java bridge-based development.
Deprecation does
not mean that support is immediately ending for these
tools.
Fully supported versions of
these tools shipped in August with the new version of Xcode 2.4 and Apple will
continue to support them well into the future. Any code built using these deprecated tools will
continue to run on Leopard so your applications will not
break.
We are giving this notice so
that developers will have ample time to evaluate and implement
alternatives.
At WWDC 2006 we
talked with the community to put this announcement in the proper context of
the ongoing strategy for WebObjects. This deprecation notice signals that moving forward we
will be putting our engineering efforts firmly into the runtime engine of
WebObjects.
Additionally, we will be
providing assistance to the community in the form of specifications, example
code, and other contributions that will further bolster existing and new open
source tools.
Apple's strategy
is to make WebObjects the best server-side runtime environment we can
by:
- Improving
performance, manageability, and standards compliance
- Making WO work
well with ANT and the most popular IDEs, including Xcode and
Eclipse
- Opening and
making public all standards and formats that WO depends
upon
We view the
WebObjects community as a partner in creating great development and
client-side WebObjects tools, however we do not officially endorse any
specific project and want to encourage variety within the community. We will work to assist the community where technical
assistance or specifications are needed and have already been working with
several open source projects. This will become public soon.
We are making
these changes with the clear goal of boosting WebObjects, allocating resources
to improve the platform at a more rapid pace, and to better react to your
needs.
We look forward to
delivering to you a vibrant, continually-improving
WebObjects.
Thank
you,
The WebObjects
Team at Apple Computer
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