[Gambas-user] Pre-release of Gambas 3.16.0

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 15/04/2021 à 17:44, Christof Thalhofer a écrit :
> Am 15.04.21 um 14:22 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
> 
>> The 3.16.0 has been tagged on gitlab, and there are binary packages
>> available in the "Gambas Stable PPA" for Ubuntu 20.10 and 21.04 (older
>> Ubuntu packages are being built), so that you can test it.
>>
>> Report any problem before I make the release official.
> 
> My software breaks here:
> 
> 'DocumentView.AutoCenter is not a property'
> 
> It was renamed to 'Center'. When I grab the pickaxe and look for changes
> in DocumentView I find also:
> 
> 'Column' is now 'Columns', 'Row' has been removed ('Row').
> 
> Such changes break existing software without need. At least old
> interfaces should be marked as deprecated before, the old names should
> be synonyms of the new ones if possible and the authors should be given
> time to change their software.
> 
> I for myself have no problem to change my software accordingly but I
> think of the reputation of Gambas as a stable language.
> 
> Alles Gute
> 
> Christof Thalhofer
> 

Yes, I made a mistake with the rename of the DocumentView properties. I 
incorrectly thought that this widget was not used outside of Report 
component and Printer preview.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini