[squeak-dev] Towards Squeak 4.0 [help needed]

Ronald Spengler ron.spengler at gmail.com
Fri Feb 19 09:49:48 UTC 2010


I'm in for team-member. Let's do this!

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> Folks -
>
> This is part one of two messages about upcoming releases.
>
> The Squeak 4.0 release is right around the corner. It is the MIT/Apache
> re-licensed version of 3.10.2. We are currently in (hopefully final)
> discussions with SFC and will soon be ready to finalize matters.
>
> We've talked about the 4.0 release it in the board and effectively we need a
> release manager and/or release team which can take care of the following
> actions:
> - Add a new welcome screen that explains the new status
> - Condense sources so that only relicensed content is included
> - Repackage the image for the various platforms
> This is straightforward, simple work that can basically be done right away.
> In fact, it might be good to roll a 4.0beta straight from 3.10.2 and have
> that available for final discussions with SFC.
>
> Since the work isn't all that much (it can probably be done in a few hours
> on a lazy Sunday morning), this is a *great* way for anyone in the
> community, even with relatively little experience in Squeak hacking, to help
> the community along.
>
> Please volunteer for either 4.0 release manager or 4.0 release team member
> role. The board would like to find a community member to take the lead since
> the board will be busy anyway (running for the board takes its toll, the SFC
> discussions take time, and then some of us also would like to get some
> hacking done :-) So don't be shy.
>
> Cheers,
>  - Andreas
>
>
>



-- 
Ron



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