This weekend I started updating Watir so that it could be configured to use either a one or zero-based index. You turn on zero-indexing using this command:
Watir.origin = 0 I am doing this work right now on a topic branch (I didn't want to interfere with the 1.6.7 release) and with your consent will merge it into master when it is complete. I have a number of tests working with the origin so far, but there are lots of hidden places where this has an effect (iterators, tables). I expect this will be done in a week or two or so. Appreciate your comments on this. Work in progress is here: http://github.com/bret/watir/commits/zero-index It seems like there is a pending interest in making a release that removes support for some deprecated features. That would need to be a 1.7.0 release -- to hold to the semantic naming, as I would like. I would like like to release the configurable-index-origin feature in a release that does not change the default. However, in a later release, I think we will want to change Watir to use a zero-based origin. Today, at the office, we were also looking at using Watir with a newer version of Ruby. We are using Ruby 1.8.6 p287 (IIRC). Not sure entirely what is holding us from using the latest version of 1.8.6 or 1.8.7. Are we still running into problems with the Win32 gems? Is anyone using Watir's showModalDialog support with a newer version of Ruby? Any way, I'd like to see if I can get this sorted out. Bret On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Charley Baker <[email protected]>wrote: > Agreed, we can do it better, the rolling releases and getting those > going has been a priority just to make sure we can step it up a bit. > After so much inactivity, I feel comfortable with the overall workflow > again. > > Let's prioritize JIRA issues and move them into this next release. > If anyone would like to step up and help out, feel free to let me > know. Obviously you're welcome to make pull requests, and edit JIRA at > will. We should have a better idea of what's going in the next release > in the next day or two. > > Cheers, > > Charley Baker > Lead Developer, Watir, http://watir.com > > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Jarmo <[email protected]> wrote: > > It took 24 days to release new version. Woho! > > > > But i think that we could do it even better :) > > > > Agenda for the next version? > > > > Jarmo > > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Charley Baker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello, everyone! > >> > >> Watir 1.6.7 got just released! > >> > >> > >> === General improvements > >> * added new waiting methods for Watir::Element: #when_present, > >> #wait_until_present and #wait_while_present (Jari Bakken and Jarmo > >> Pertman) > >> * added new waiting methods for Watir::IE and Watir::Firefox: > >> #wait_until and #wait_while (Jari Bakken and Jarmo Pertman) > >> * added method #present? for Watir::Element (Jari Bakken and Jarmo > >> Pertman) > >> * deprecated old waiting methods in Watir::Waiter which will be > >> removed in some future version - use Watir::Wait instead (Jarmo > >> Pertman) > >> > >> === IE improvements > >> * removed Watir::Simple (Željko Filipin) > >> * #click_no_wait was not working with frame elements. Closes > >> http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-459 (Jarmo Pertman) > >> > >> === Firefox improvements > >> * get_attribute_value now works with attributes named something like > >> "foo-bar" (Alan Shields) > >> > >> === Cleanup & Maintenance > >> * cleaned up repo at GitHub > >> * merge licenses into one (Željko Filipin) > >> * Rakefile works now under non-Windows systems too (Alan Shields) > >> * Removed datahandler.rb (Charley Baker) > >> > >> Install it with: > >> > >> gem install watir > >> > >> And run your existing tests. > >> > >> If you're seeing any problems then don't forget to open a ticket at > >> JIRA (http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR) or fork the project on GitHub > >> (http://github.com/bret/watir) and send us a pull request with the > >> fix! > >> If you have any problems installing Watir, then read more detailed > >> instructions at http://watir.com/installation/ > >> > >> Watir Development Team > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wtr-development mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > > _______________________________________________ > > Wtr-development mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > -- Bret Pettichord Lead Developer, Watir, www.watir.com Blog, www.io.com/~wazmo/blog Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord
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