Hi Steve,
Just updated to SkySpark 4.0.1, and it appears that it is incompatible with Pod Builder. Could you let me know what the outlook is for that? It's a great product and we are heavily dependent on that for daily work. Thanks Steve.
Samuel
Hi Samuel,
Unfortunately we've not had the time to update our products for SkySpark 4 yet, while it is still in alpha/beta there is a lot of breaking changes update to update so we'll likely only look at updating the products completely once a stable version of it has shipped.
As for the outlook on that I can't commit us to how quickly we will get the pods updated after a full release, but we will be prioritising those products that we know are more widely used by the community, with Pod Builder and Axon Encryptor being near the top of the list.
Hi Henry,
How are you? Thanks for this reply. Is there any update on the timeline for these updates to PodBuilder?
Cheers, Samuel
Hi Samuel, I'm doing well thanks.
Unfortunately since SkyFoundry have not yet released a full version of SkySpark 4 yet, we haven't started the work on porting extensions to the new version. This is partly as we don't know what changes will be required, but also because Pod Builder specifically includes a fairly in-depth UI which we still don't know what the compatabiltiy will be like with the new frameworks in SkySpark 4
We will endeavour to get things updated as quickly as possible as soon as a stable version of SkySpark 4 is released.
Hi Henry,
How are you?
Are there any updates on PodBuilder; projections on when this will be completed or if it will be completed?
Many thanks, Samuel
Hi Samuel,
Apologies for the long delay on updates for this.
We are still evaluating the usefulness of a Pod Builder for SkySpark v4; a XetoLib Builder may be more apt!
But to create XetoLibs from Specs would take a considerable rework, plus regular pod files are still required for apps, views, and templates - along side their associated XetoLib.
For this reason we don't see ourselves updating Pod Builder with full SkySpark 4 compatibility just yet - or at least until SkySpark consolidates a way to consistently package up data.
For the time being, SkySpark supplies a Haxall Convert 4 tool that generates Xeto files from an existing pod, that can then be packaged up as a XetoLib.