Are there any hot fixes or releases due soon?

Question

It's been a while since I've seen anything released from the update centre. Are there any fixes due for release soon?
Despite several months, a few hot fixes and the JSC2 Update 1 release, JSC2 doesn't seem to have improved all that much since the initial release.
The main issue for me at the minute is performance. I know this has been discussed several times on this forum, but there is very little information on when we might see a release that starts to address this issue. I realise that the issue is complex and probably covers many functional areas of the app, so a hot fix or two will not address the problem. However, at the minute working with JSC2 on a medium sized application is unproductive and is becoming almost unusable. For example, even minor code tweaks or property changes completely lock the IDE for around 30 seconds and send my CPU usage to 100%. The thing is that, functionally JSC2 is excellent. This is the way I want to be building my JSF applications and I'm very grateful to Sun for making it available for free. If it wasn't hampered with these performance issues I'd be knocking out web apps in no time at all but unfortunately, as it stands now, it is almost a hinderance. I have some new projects coming up where I would like to use JSC2 but I cannot recommend it on the grounds of productivity.
When can we expect something to be released that starts addressing performance? When can I start recommending JSC2 again?

Answer 1

As per previous posts, complete agreement.
I have built a production system in-house for a large company using JSC. I had to get my machine upgraded to 2GB just to get some usuability but it still needs a few jsc re-starts and appserver restarts through out the day.
Functionality wise, JSC is such a winner and the guys at SUN have indeed did a great job. I come from a VB environement for the last 12 years, so having a rich web client tool was high on my priority. But if I am to try and preach to the rest of the J2EE guys here, the performance issues really need to be addressed. They are used to Eclipse and I don't need to go on about how good that tool is. If any other company gets JSF to work under Eclipse the way JSC does, I would have no hesitation in using that tool.
I hvae tried some of the Eclipse based JSF IDE's and they don't even compete with JSC in terms of ease of use and putting apps together. But they do not lock the machine for 30 secs when I click a property or right click on a component !
I have been one of the champions of JSC from the start and I still am. The system I wrote has near 300 users and is working fine with not one
problem in 3 months. If this performance problem can be beat, JSC will set the standard for GUI development for years. If not, then it will be consigned to the nearly made it bin.
To the guys at SUN:
After all the time and effort you have put into this product, I'm sure there is no overnight cure for the problems. I am sure you are working on the problems. For me, I don't care about any new Ajax components, etc in the updates. If the next patch gets JSC even working 50% better performance, I will be a happy man. Then I can go and try to convert the unimpressed.
if not, then I will be forced into a corner to use IDM RAD tool for JSF development, of which I do not want to do. My company has an IBM affiliation, but I like to use the best tools for the job.
Overall, impressed by JSC but the final hurdle has not been jumped.
Regards,
LOTI.