[Io] Flow 3a release progress update

[Todd Blanchard]

Very cool!  Keep us posted.

On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:47 PM, Brenda wrote:

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> As I think a few of you know, I am putting together a new release of
> Flow based on Craig's current code.  Craig is still Flow's owner; I am
> mostly providing release management assistance.
>
> Craig did some significant refactoring (go, Craig!) since Flow 2a,  
> so we
> will be calling this Flow 3a.  It is planned to work on Squeak 3.2,  
> 3.6,
> 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9.  All class names will begin with Flow, to eliminate
> naming conflicts with the stock networking library. One of the many
> reasons you want it (truly, madly, deeply) is that it is a  
> prerequisite
> for Squeak images exchanging messages with Spoon images.  I don't know
> when the new package will be available, but I will send status updates
> here (the Flow and IO mailing lists) after I make more progress.
>
> Current status is that I have Craig's latest Squeak bits.  I found all
> the classes that will go into the Flow 3a release, and put them in
> appropriate categories.  They are mostly renamed to their new  
> names.  I
> will send a class hierarchy diagram with the new names shortly after I
> finish renaming.  In addition, I am combining parts of my URI
> implementation (which will be included in Flow 3a in lieu of the
> *Locator classes) with Craig's SocketAddress class.  These things are
> the only refactoring I am planning to do before release -- the  
> intention
> is to release as quickly as possible.
>
> After the steps in the above paragraph are done, Craig & I will  
> both do
> some testing to confirm I didn't break anything.  It is possible that
> the easiest way to do this will be to write a test suite, but I'm not
> making any commitments on this point yet.  Plenty to do left after  
> that..
>
> Brenda
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