[squeak-dev] All-in-one VM for 4.4?

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Tue Mar 5 22:05:58 UTC 2013


On 2013-03-05, at 22:39, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> On 2013-03-05, at 21:39, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Paul DeBruicker <pdebruic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Following Bert's instructions I've made a new 4.4 all-in-one and put it
>> here:
>> 
>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4460862/Squeak-4.4-All-in-One.zip
>> 
>> It uses the same VM as the 4.3 all-in-one.  Should the 4.4 all-in-one
>> have a different VM and if so, which one for each platform?  If you give
>> me links to the VMs  I will attempt to put them in the 4.4 all-in-one I
>> made.
>> 
>> Can you make one with Interpreter VMs and one with Cog VMs (in which case use the most up-to-date VMs on my site)?
> 
> A Squeak release should use Squeak icons. That's a non-issue on Linux, easy enough on the Mac, but for Windows we would need to build a new .exe, I believe? Has someone tested either Cog or the interpreter on Windows 8 - does it work?
> 
> I can rebrand the Cog VMs as Squeak.  You think I should do that?

Not sure how to go about it. In Windows, the icon is baked into the VM binary, right? Or e.g. what the version number on the Mac should be. John had started to number the Cog-based Mac VMs 5.8. Or maybe it's a non-issue?

> 
> Also, I don't see the value in shipping two All-in-ones. If we decide to switch to Cog then that should be it.
> 
> Makes sense to me.  The Interpreter VMs can now load Cog-saved images, right David?
> 
>  
> An independent issue is what to do about Linux 64 bits.
> 
> - Bert -


We should indeed wait a bit for David's input.

- Bert -


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