Re: [open-cobol-list] next release

[Keisuke Nishida]

At Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:49:07 +0100,
Thomas Biehler wrote:
> 
> I have seen your changes to the NEWS file in CVS.
> I have missed some (IMHO, important) features like:  (only from my memory)
> -  "external-semantics" 
> -  ACCEPT  from COMMAND-LINE   
>    (==> one solution instead the COMMAND-ARGS via USAGE LINKAGE  ==> TODO!)
> -  ACCEPT / DISPLAY  ... ENVIRONMENT ... 
> -  much better COPY  REPLACING,  REPLACE  
> - COMP-X  (not full implemented, but the most important (for me) is done!)
> - MF-Cobol-Compiler "Language-Standard "  - extensions  (-std ...)
> - a  well reorganized testsuite 

I have added some of them.

> I would like refer to tinycobol-project  - status-  webpage as a sample
> for a status-page in this project. After i revisited it, i have seen it is 
> gone now!  :-(
> (only reachable in CVS:  ".../web/Attic" now).
> The replacement is the STATUS - file in the main-directory. (see the 
> CVS-Repository)
> What do you think about such a status-overview ?
> (==> a summary; short (but not to short) , less adminstration overhead, 
>          refers to standards,  could be published in the webpage in some ways)
> 
> IMHO very usefull-->  (possibly) NEW USERS could gain a overview 
>                                         over the features very fast !

Could you write it? ;)

> If you announce the release 0.30  in this mailing-list
> (and freeze it perhaps 1 / 2 days) 
> i  (we) can visit the changes and see if something goes wrong,
> before you announce it world-wide.  (a kind of "release candiate")
> Perhaps, there are then some corrections or additions!?

Yeah, I'll make a prerelease.

Keisuke