11 February 2015

  • GWT 2.8 release
    • Manuel and Julien will do the release. Julien will be the point person.
    • Colin also volunteered to help
    • Features:
      • GSS as default, new migration guide
        • Compiler will error if CSS is used, need to use special flag for CSS
        • Next release beyond 2.8 will not support CSS
      • Java8 - full support for emulation is a question.
      • Interop v1 - Google GWT engineers are working on deciding what should be included in v1.
      • Unlikely to happen before April
  • Eclipse plug-ins for GWT
    • GPE is still not buildable externally
    • Plan is to super-cede GPE with GWT plug-in
    • Both plug-ins should work side-by-side
    • Why is GWT GPE plug-in different from other plug-ins? Should it be externally hosted similar to maven and gradle?
    • Decision on this deferred.