[squeak-dev] Fwd: [ANN] SqueakSource3 Public Alpha (http://ss3.gemstone.com/)

Dale Henrichs dhenrich at vmware.com
Thu Jun 2 17:11:05 UTC 2011


David,

I'm glad to hear that ... I encourage folks to go ahead and hammer SqueakSource3 with your worst problems, because now's the time to flush out any issues:)

Dale

----- Original Message -----
> I set up a test project ("VMMaker-Test") and used a Monticello
> browser in
> Squeak to copy a large set of VMMaker oscog files to ss3. All uploads
> were
> fast and problem free, with no errors of any kind. These are files
> that are
> slow and error prone when uploading to SqueakSource. Based on this
> limited
> testing, the ss3 performance is very good, reliability is not a
> problem,
> and the overall experience is good.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 09:30:49AM +0200, Tobias Pape wrote:
> > > Von: Dale Henrichs <dhenrich at vmware.com>
> > > Datum: 1. Juni 2011 02:51:34 MESZ
> > > Betreff: [ANN] SqueakSource3 Public Alpha
> > > (http://ss3.gemstone.com/)
> > > 
> > > You are invited to visit the new SqueakSource3 site[1] and
> > > provide Tobias and I feedback.
> > > 
> > > SqueakSource3 is running on GemStone 2.4.5 and Seaside 3.0.5 and
> > > is hosted at a VMware data center in Washington state.
> > > 
> > > Philippe and Tobias have done a lot of work on the SqueakSource
> > > code base over the last several years and SqueakSource3 is the
> > > culmination of their work.
> > > 
> > > Please submit bugs/feature requests to the SqueakSource3
> > > project[2].
> > > 
> > > The alpha is expected to last a week or two (depending upon the
> > > volume and nature of feedback).
> > > 
> > > I have already done a little bit of load testing on the site and
> > > have started to transfer the mcz files from the `Pharo` project
> > > on SqueakSource[3] to the `pharo` project on SqueakSource3[4]
> > > (yes that's a RESTful url) with the ultimate goal to push the
> > > number of version beyond 10k, currently I'm about a third of the
> > > way there[5]. Over the course of the alpha I will continue to do
> > > more load testing and iron out the details of the
> > > infrastructure.
> > > 
> > > Please feel free to create projects and bang on the site, but be
> > > aware that the repository will be refreshed at the end of the
> > > Alpha period, so don't use SqueakSource3 as your primary
> > > repository. I would encourage you to use it as a secondary site
> > > to be used if/when SqueakSource is down.
> > > 
> > > I am limiting the announcement of the Alpha to Seaside and GLASS
> > > mailing lists, so that you folks have the first chance to
> > > provide feedback on the site and features. There are a handful
> > > of known issues[2] that Tobias and I will be addressing over the
> > > alpha period and at least one issue[6] that we need help
> > > addressing.
> > > 
> > > I expect that I will need to refresh the site once or twice over
> > > the course of the alpha, but I plan to provide 24 hour notice of
> > > any planned shutdowns...
> > > 
> > > Dale
> > > 
> > > [1] http://ss3.gemstone.com/
> > > [2] http://code.google.com/p/squeaksource3/issues/list
> > > [3] http://www.squeaksource.com/Pharo
> > > [4] http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/pharo.html/Overview
> > > [5] http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/pharo.html/Statistics
> > > [6] http://code.google.com/p/squeaksource3/issues/detail?id=4
> > 
> 



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