[squeak-dev] Brief update on the Squeak 5.3 release schedule

Nicolas Cellier nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com
Sat Feb 22 14:35:46 UTC 2020


Or don't we want to integrate the BitBlt Convex Shape Fill fix?
https://bintray.com/opensmalltalk/vm/cog/202002220842
Eliot, any objection?

Sorry in advance for the never ending litany of fixes ;)

Le ven. 21 févr. 2020 à 17:24, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hi Marcel,
>
>
> On Feb 21, 2020, at 6:33 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi Eliot, hi Nicolas. :-)
>
> Which one should it be? (https://bintray.com/opensmalltalk/vm/cog)
>
> 202002190239
>
> <http://twitter.com/share?text=Version+202002190239+of+cog+has+been+released%21+Grab+it+now+from+%23bintray+https%3A%2F%2Fbintray.com%2Fopensmalltalk%2Fvm%2Fcog%2F202002190239%21>
> 202002190233
> 202002190019
> 202002172228
> 202002150156
>
>
> 2714/202002190233
>
> ...
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
> Am 20.02.2020 23:28:51 schrieb Fabio Niephaus <lists at fniephaus.com>:
> Sorry, but I lost track of the recent VM changes.
>
> Could both Nicolas and Eliot please confirm that 202002190233
> <2714/202002190233> is the correct version that we should use in the
> upcoming Squeak release?
>
> Once confirmed, I will do another VM release, which we can then use for
> building our bundles.
>
> Fabio
>
> On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 7:01 pm, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Eliot.
>>
>> Agreed. It would be easier that way. :-)
>>
>> Best,
>> Marcel
>>
>> Am 20.02.2020 17:25:32 schrieb Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>:
>> Hi Marcel,
>>
>> On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:45 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Hi Eliot.
>>
>> > The highBit primitive would then be able to be enableded in 6.0 alpha.
>>
>> Hmm... if there is no benefit for 5.3, we could also swap the VM directly
>> after the 5.3 release to be used for all Trunk (6.0alpha) builds.
>>
>>
>> I would much rather base 6.0 alpha work on a release vm.  The standard
>> work flow is going to be people installing 5.3, changing the update url to
>> trunk, and updating.  It would be a shame if they also had to install a new
>> vm for this to work fully.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Marcel
>>
>> Am 20.02.2020 16:37:50 schrieb Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>:
>> Hi Marcel,
>>
>> On Feb 20, 2020, at 6:52 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Hi all!
>>
>> We are currently packaging RC1, which will be the first (and maybe only)
>> release candidate of Squeak 5.3.
>>
>> Due to recent discussions on the list, here are some infos from
>> yesterday's board meeting:
>>
>> - Release VM will be 201912311458 if there is no veto
>>
>>
>> Not a veto but a request that we use the latest VMs here:
>>
>> https://travis-ci.org/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/jobs/652284937
>>
>> These are VMMaker.oscog-nice.2714/202002190233.  The main reasons to use
>> them are that a) that Nicolas recently got a fast primitive highBit working
>> and b) they are otherwise almost identical to 201912311458.  The highBit
>> primitive would then be able to be enableded in 6.0 alpha.
>>
>> The Mac Pharo builds fail because of a technicality, but all the Squeak
>> ones are good.
>>
>> - No new sources file for 5.3; so slightly bigger changes file compared
>> to 5.2
>> - No update of the localization files ("locale") due to time constraints
>> - Same Linux directory structure as in 5.2 (compact bin/shared in Linux
>> bundle; resources/bin/lib/squeak in all-in-one bundle) due to time
>> constraints
>> - Next Trunk version will be 6.0alpha ;-)
>>
>> So, we want to keep the CI infrastructure as is and push the release out
>> as soon as possible. :-)
>>
>> ***
>>
>> If we overlooked important fixes from the Inbox, please speak up now! :-)
>>
>> Best,
>> Marcel
>>
>>
>> Eliot
>> _,,,^..^,,,_ (phone)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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