initial draft of What's New for v2.17.x by tdyas · Pull Request #19168 · pantsbuild/pants

tdyas · 2023-05-26T22:06:32Z

Add initial draft of "What's New" section in v2.17.x release notes.

tdyas · 2023-05-26T22:07:22Z

+For the `adhoc_tool` target type, the `stdout` and `stderr` fields are now specified relative to the applicable
+workdir and also support absolute paths.
+
+#### New: Javascript


@tobni: Is the Javascript ready for mention in the release notes?

Are there other contributors who should be mentioned for this support?

Maybe a call for testing and/or disclaimer that it is in early stages? Theres some showstopper bugs in there which might frustrate...

Otherwise I believe this release contains test goal support and enables choice of package managers and a push for docker backend compatability (Ill have to double check though.)

I think 2.17 contains my contributions only, but @theoribeiro has helped me course correct.

@tobni : It would probably be good to create a "tracking ticket" that covers the issues you would like to see resolved before it is no longer experimental. It's a young convention (not actually documented anywhere yet), but useful for linking from various places.

Maybe a call for testing and/or disclaimer that it is in early stages? Theres some showstopper bugs in there which might frustrate...

Otherwise I believe this release contains test goal support and enables choice of package managers and a push for docker backend compatability (Ill have to double check though.)

Any preferred wording for these points?

Here's the tracking ticket: #19240 @stuhood , I'll see if I can come up with a list of changes.

stuhood

Thanks a ton for doing this @tdyas!

stuhood · 2023-05-30T21:47:14Z

+The [`scie-pants` launcher binary](https://github.com/pantsbuild/scie-pants) is now the recommended way to run Pants.
+Use of a `./pants` shell script in a repository is deprecated. Among other benefits, the `scie-pants` launcher is able
+to automatically download and maintain a Python distribution for running Pants. It also allows you to run `pants`
+from any directory within a repository and not just the build root. See the [Pants  installation
+instructions](https://www.pantsbuild.org/docs/installation) for additional information on how to migrate to `scie-pants.`


Because we now use the native client, 2.17.x runs using scie-pants with pantsd are also about 4.25x faster: #18957

stuhood · 2023-05-30T21:49:45Z

+For the `adhoc_tool` target type, the `stdout` and `stderr` fields are now specified relative to the applicable
+workdir and also support absolute paths.
+
+#### New: Javascript


@tobni : It would probably be good to create a "tracking ticket" that covers the issues you would like to see resolved before it is no longer experimental. It's a young convention (not actually documented anywhere yet), but useful for linking from various places.

benjyw

I love it! That's some good stuff for a release that is largely a fast-follow to 2.16.x.

huonw

Nice! I've left some suggestions, but no particular attachment to them (E.g. I'm happy to work on the Lambda/GCF tweaks separately).

Potentially some other things that might be worth mentioning: 🤷‍♂️

docker auth: #18541, #18465
performance (both time and pantsd memory): #18153
some semi-breaking changes: #18930 (only breaking for weird uses of successive pants package runs), #18627 (hopefully people have followed the deprecations, but it seems like a major one?)

tobni · 2023-06-03T18:11:12Z

+Pants now has _very early_ experimental support for Javascript thanks to ongoing efforts by Tobias Nilsson and
+Theo Ribeiro. Please note that the Javascript backend is still incomplete, is being actively developed, and _probably
+has critical bugs_. Despite that, the Pants maintainers would appreciate any feedback from the community to help
+guide our development efforts.
+
+Enable the `pants.backend.experimental.javascript` backend to try out this support. Please file issues at
+https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/new/choose for any issues encountered.


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Pants now has _very early_ experimental support for Javascript thanks to ongoing efforts by Tobias Nilsson and

Theo Ribeiro. Please note that the Javascript backend is still incomplete, is being actively developed, and _probably

has critical bugs_. Despite that, the Pants maintainers would appreciate any feedback from the community to help

guide our development efforts.

Enable the `pants.backend.experimental.javascript` backend to try out this support. Please file issues at

https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/new/choose for any issues encountered.

Pants now has _very early_ experimental support for Javascript thanks to ongoing efforts by Tobias Nilsson and

Theo Ribeiro. Please note that the Javascript backend is still incomplete, is being actively developed, and _probably

has critical bugs_. Despite that, the Pants maintainers would appreciate any feedback from the community to help

guide our development efforts.

Supported goals are:

* `test`: Letting you run tests via runners installed with the package manager of your choice.

* `package` goal, either to run a customized `package.json` script that produces an artifact via `node_build_script`, or to pack a tarball for npm-registry publication via the `npm_distribution` target.

* `tailor`: Generates build file targets for `*.js`, `*.test.js` and `package.json` files.

* `generate-lockfile`: Creates the lockfile in the format matching a projects package manager.

The backend supports all package managers provided by `corepack`. `yarn@v2` and [PlugNPlay](https://yarnpkg.com/features/pnp) is not supported.

Enable the `pants.backend.experimental.javascript` backend to try out this support. Please file issues at

https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/new/choose for any issues encountered, and follow along [the stabilization ticket on github](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/19240).

Not sure how much prose should go here, but since there's no documentation (:see_no_evil:) maybe a list of what is possible helps encourage participation?

thejcannon · 2023-07-13T01:46:05Z

From #19450 (comment), can you include a tidbit about how 2.17.x is the last stable release that will have a universal PEX uploaded? Instead we're switching to per-platform PEXs.

tdyas · 2023-07-15T11:35:19Z

From #19450 (comment), can you include a tidbit about how 2.17.x is the last stable release that will have a universal PEX uploaded? Instead we're switching to per-platform PEXs.

Good point. Will do.

benjyw · 2023-08-09T17:19:47Z

Let's merge this, and tweak it later if needed?

tdyas · 2023-08-09T17:22:58Z

I just need to resolve the merge conflict.

tdyas · 2023-08-09T17:25:43Z

I enabled auto-merge so should merge when CI passes.

Add initial draft of "What's New" section in v2.17.x release notes.

WorkerPants · 2023-08-10T04:41:46Z

I tried to automatically cherry-pick this change back to each relevant milestone, so that it is available in those older releases of Pants.

✔️ 2.17.x

Successfully opened #19584.

Thanks again for your contributions!

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Add initial draft of "What's New" section in v2.17.x release notes.

Add initial draft of "What's New" section in v2.17.x release notes. Co-authored-by: Tom Dyas <tom.dyas@gmail.com>

This adds a few additional notes to the "What's new" for 2.17, based on some comments in #19168, as well as a skim of the release notes from 2.17.0rc0 and newer. This also includes an explicit call out for the new sponsorship strategy.

…19629) (#19642) This adds a few additional notes to the "What's new" for 2.17, based on some comments in #19168, as well as a skim of the release notes from 2.17.0rc0 and newer. This also includes an explicit call out for the new sponsorship strategy. Co-authored-by: Huon Wilson <huon@exoflare.io>

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Add initial draft of "What's New" section in v2.17.x release notes. Co-authored-by: Tom Dyas <tom.dyas@gmail.com>

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Additional mentions and tweaks in 2.17's "What's new" #19629

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