Notice: Dropping support for Angular 4 and 5, RxJS 5.x

[tsvetomir]

In May 2019 we will ship major versions of all packages with the following breaking changes:

• Peer dependency for Angular will be updated to 6.x - 8.x
• Installing rxjs-compat will be no longer required.
• Minor component-specific breaking changes - TBD

We strongly recommend upgrading to Angular 7](https://update.angular.io/) which will be supported until Apr 18, 2020.

Rationale

The goal for this update is to remove the need to use rxjs-compat.

The timing is in line with the Angular Support Policy:

• Angular 4.x support has expired in September 23, 2018
• Angular 5.x long-term support expires on May 1, 2019

Package Versions

• The major version of all packages will be incremented to indicate a breaking change.
• Projects depending on current versions of the packages will not be affected.

Compatibility Tags

• The current versions of all packages will be tagged with ng4 and ng5 tags.

• The tags will always point to the latest patch release, compatible with the specified Angular version.

• Use the tags when adding packages to existing projects:

  ng add @progress/kendo-angular-grid@ng5

Questions

Q: Will this change affect my existing project?
A: No, as long as you're referencing a particular major version in package.json, e.g. "@progress/kendo-angular-grid": "^3.14.0"

Q: Will you ship updates to applications using Angular 4.x or 5.x?
A: Only critical bug-fixes will be back-ported.

Q: What should I do to stay up-to-date?
A: Subscribe to this thread for notifications.

Ref #1568

[massic80]

I just installed brand-new version 5.0.0 and I still got rxjs-compat: when is it planned to be dropped?

[tsvetomir]

The version bump in @progress/kendo-angular-inputs was due to the addition of new peer dependencies required by the new ColorPicker component, see changelog.

We're still working on the removal of rxjs-compat and will follow-up in this thread.

[AdonousTech]

Any eta on when rxjs-compat dependency will be removed? Thanks.

[tsvetomir]

This took a bit longer than expected, but we're on track for an official release next week.

The development builds of all components are already updated and do not require rxjs-compat. You can give them a try by using "dev" as a version in package.json, for example:

"dependencies": {
    "@progress/kendo-angular-buttons": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-dateinputs": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-dropdowns": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-excel-export": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-grid": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-inputs": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-intl": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-l10n": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-popup": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-data-query": "dev",
    "@progress/kendo-drawing": "dev",
    ...
}

We're now moving on to some housekeeping tasks and validating the applied changes.

[tsvetomir]

The update is now released in the official channel, enjoy!

• Adding new components using ng add will no longer install rxjs-compat.
• Review the update instructions for existing projects in Release History.