Re: [orbit-dev] Updates in lastet I-build: GSon 2.2.4, HttpComponents Co

[Steffen Pingel <steffen.pingel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was afraid you were going to ask :). 

We have 2 drivers for updating: First, we get regularly bugged by integrators (such as Linux distributors) to ship the latest version of libraries. It makes it easier for them to consume Eclipse/Mylyn since they need to provide and maintain fewer versions if all products use the latest. While we can't always satisfy these requests we try to stay current as much as we can.

The other and main reasons for updating are technical:

* HttpComponents Client has fixes for NTLM authentication which we would like to consume. The Client update required updating the Core as well. There wasn't much else since we do not ship the nio implementation in Orbit. The detailed change logs are here: http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES-4.2.x.txt and http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpcore/RELEASE_NOTES-4.2.x.txt

* The Gson update was motivated by new API in Gson which now provides the ability to delegate to built-in type adapters. A more detailed change log is here: https://sites.google.com/site/gson/gson-roadmap  . There were a few other changes in Gson since 2.1 which was the previous release that was in Orbit but it looks like it's mostly useful bug fixes. 

Steffen

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:32 PM, David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for the "heads up". Can you outline (or, give pointers to) changes between these and previous service release?
And, perhaps explain your motivation for moving up (that is, does it fix something specific you were having trouble with, or just trying to "stay current"?)

And a note to cross-project list wouldn't hurt ... for better visibility.

 I've updated two "platform" bugs to discuss impact to us (Platform) and possibly ECF.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=423084
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=423196

Thank again,




From:        Steffen Pingel <steffen.pingel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To:        Orbit Developer discussion <orbit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc:        Tomasz Zarna <tomasz.zarna@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:        12/04/2013 10:26 AM
Subject:        [orbit-dev] Updates in lastet I-build: GSon 2.2.4, HttpComponents Core 4.2.5 / Client 4.2.6
Sent by:        orbit-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

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Hi,

I wanted to let all consumers of GSon and HttpComponents know that new versions are available in the latest I-build: 
http://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops/I20131204063848/

Mylyn will be contributing the latest versions in the next Luna milestone, namely:

* GSon 2.2.4
* HttpComponents Core 4.2.5
* HttpComponents Client 4.2.6

I would encourage all projects consuming these libraries to also update to the latest versions.

Steffen

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