[Box-Admins] [Board] Planned update to squeaksource.com on dan.box.squeak.org

[David T. Lewis]

Hi Marcel,

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 04:19:22PM +0200, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
> Hi Dave!
> 
> Thanks for the heads up. A concrete timeframe would be nice.?? :-)

Let's plan for this Thursday 4:00pm EST (2020-06-04T20:00:00+00:00).

My schedule is uncertain, so I may need to change it.

Dave


> 
> Best,
> Marcel
> Am 29.05.2020 15:29:09 schrieb David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>:
> Our current squeaksource.com image is running on an older Squeak version,
> and its SqueakSource packages are out of date with respect to the
> source.squeak.org server.
> 
> I had looked into doing a squeaksource.com update a couple of years ago,
> but at that time I was not able to complete it due to some issues with
> ReferenceStream serialization, which is required for exporting the SS
> repository and importing it into an new image.
> 
> The earlier issues with ReferenceStream serialization are resolved in
> Squeak 5.3, so it is now possible to export the serialized respository
> from the old image and import it into a Squeak 5.3 image.
> 
> I have prepared a Squeak 5.3 based image for squeaksource.com, and I'd
> like to try swapping it into service some time soon. This will be a quick
> switchover (about one minute or less), and in the event of problems the
> rollback to the prior version will happen within a few minutes.
> 
> However, the actual process of exporting the repository and importing it
> to the new image takes about six hours on my PC, so the overall conversion
> will take quite a while for me to do, and I will need to pick a day when
> I have some free time before I do it.
> 
> This is just a heads-up that I have the new image prepared, and am planning
> to deploy it some time in the coming days or weeks. I will send email to
> squeak-dev prior to actually flipping the switch.
> 
> Dave
>