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

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Sat Feb 20 06:12:20 UTC 2010


Ronald Spengler wrote:
> I'm in for team-member. Let's do this!

Wonderful! How would you feel about leading the effort? (it is really 
not all that much work :-) Me and probably anyone else will be happy to 
help in any way we can but it'd be good if the board had someone who 
feels responsible for getting it done.

Cheers,
   - Andreas

> 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
>>
>>
>>
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