Hi, Roger,

One can take heart from the historical precedent of Squeak 3.0. 
After its "final" release, only eight more updates were ever issued 
for it.

Thus, we don't believe in issuing endless updates for an established 
release, but we *do* believe in using the update mechanism, 
sparingly, to clean up a release.

Now that the actual 3.2 release is out, the criterion for 
admissibility of further updates to it narrows considerably, down to 
a few bug fixes and significant performance tweaks.


Cheers,

   -- Scott

PS:  Squeak's online updating mechanism has been one of our major 
strengths for years, dating back to well before commercial systems 
started having their own dynamic-updating mechanisms.  It serves us 
well not only for sharing enhancements in our leading-edge systems, 
but also for cleaning up problems in established releases as well.  I 
think that most of us would consider the ability to iron out wrinkles 
in a release using this mechanism to be a virtue, not a problem.

PPS:  The long, long winter of 3.2gamma was an event entirely out of 
the ordinary, attributable to a unique combination of factors that 
are not likely to arise again.



At 7:04 PM -0600 8/5/02, Roger Vossler wrote:
>Hi Gang,
>
>Scott Wallace announced nine more updates, six of which apply to Squeak 3.2.
>Is Squeak 3.2 ever going to be "completed"? It has been in a state of
>"completion" for over six months.
>
>Cheers, Roger.....