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<div><br></div><div>We are in the "Code Freeze". Here is our first (and only?) 6.0rc1 bundle:</div><div><a href="http://files.squeak.org/6.0rc1/"><span style="font-size: 10pt">http://files.squeak.org/6.0rc1/</span></a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here are the static release notes:</div><div><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/squeak-smalltalk/squeak-app/squeak-trunk/release-notes/6.0"><span style="font-size: 10pt">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/squeak-smalltalk/squeak-app/squeak-trunk/release-notes/6.0</span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">The interactive release notes are available from the Help menu</span><br></div><div>in the image.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am a little bit busy from Friday to Sunday. Maybe we can do</div><div>the release next Monday?</div><div><br></div><div>(Can somebody replicate the squeak.org screenshots for 200%</div><div>scale factor? Except the Scratch/Etoys ones. Ratio 16:9, probably</div><div>2232x1256 pixels each. PNG must be optimized for size.</div><div><a href="https://github.com/squeak-smalltalk/squeak.org/tree/master/img/screenshots" style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">https://github.com/squeak-smalltalk/squeak.org/tree/master/img/screenshots</span></a>)</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Marcel</div><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style: solid;border-width: 1px;margin-top: 20px;margin-left: 0px;padding-left: 10px;min-width: 500px">
<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">Am 18.05.2022 15:33:46 schrieb Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel@hpi.de>:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;text-align: left" dir="ltr">
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<div><br></div><div>We are in the "Feature Freeze". Here is our first 6.0beta bundle:</div><div><a href="http://files.squeak.org/6.0beta/"><span style="font-size: 10pt">http://files.squeak.org/6.0beta/</span></a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The package 60Deprecated got unloaded via the update stream.</div><div>Reload it manually if you really need it. Avoid for testing.</div><div><br></div><div>Please focus on bug reporting and fixing:</div><div><a href="https://bugs.squeak.org/"><span style="font-size: 10pt">https://bugs.squeak.org/</span></a> (GitHub issues)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Reduce the amount of fixes that might be regarded as new features.</div><div>Please avoid adding new features, especially if they need to be</div><div>discussed.</div><div><br></div><div>Yes, you may add commentary and documentation as you see fit.</div><div>Yes, there is still time to merge Jaromir's process suspend/terminate</div><div>fixes.</div><div><br></div><div>No, there won't be any natural-language translations in Squeak 6.0.</div><div>But <span style="font-size: 10pt">maybe a simple </span><span style="font-size: 10pt">tutorial/hint on how to add one yourself in the</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">"Extras > Language" </span><span style="font-size: 10pt">menu.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">--> Beta/RC testing until June 5, 23:59 AOE</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Best,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Marcel</span></div><div><br></div><div>P.S.: <span style="font-size: 10pt">"Squeak Objectland" is still not off the table. I will take another look</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">at it after returning from California on May 27th.</span></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style: solid;border-width: 1px;margin-top: 20px;margin-left: 0px;padding-left: 10px;min-width: 500px">
<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">Am 06.05.2022 11:52:56 schrieb Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel@hpi.de>:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;text-align: left" dir="ltr">
Hi all --<div><br></div><div>Let's move the dates:</div><div><br></div><div><div> - Feature Freeze on May 18, 23:59 AOE</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>-> 11 days to go</div><div> - Beta/RC testing until June 5, 23:59 AOE</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>-> 30 days to go</div><div><br></div></div><div>I will not be available from May 20 to May 27.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's hope we can fix the source.squeak.org issues</div><div>in time and also resolve that unnecessarily effortful</div><div>discussion on primitive 126 in the OSVM [1] by then.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Marcel</div><div><br></div><div>[1] https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/issues/627</div><div class="mb_sig"></div>
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<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">Am 02.05.2022 11:26:01 schrieb Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel@hpi.de>:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;text-align: left" dir="ltr">
Hi all --<div><br></div><div>The connectivity to source.squeak.org is not good at the moment.</div><div><br></div><div>We did a recent upgrade to use Squeak 5.3 and OSVM RC3 (<span style="font-size: 10pt">20220419), which might require a little bit more effort to make things smooth again.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">If the issues persist throughout this week, we will move the deadlines.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Best,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Marcel</span></div><div class="mb_sig"></div>
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<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">Am 25.04.2022 09:58:29 schrieb Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel@hpi.de>:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;text-align: left" dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Hi all! --</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Let's do this.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Feature Freeze on May 6, 23:59 AOE</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>-> 11 days to go</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Beta testing until May 15, 23:59 AOE</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>-> 20 days to go</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Picking a release candidate until May 18, 23:59 AOE</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>-> 23 days to go</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">The current state of tests can be found here:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - https://github.com/squeak-smalltalk/squeak-app/actions</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - https://github.com/marceltaeumel/squeak-ffi/actions</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Download the latest squeak-app bundles from here:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - http://files.squeak.org/6.0alpha/</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - http://files.squeak.org/6.0beta/ (after May 6)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - http://files.squeak.org/6.0rc1/ (after May 15)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - http://files.squeak.org/6.0rc2/</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - ...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Please report bugs here on squeak-dev or on GitHub:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - https://github.com/squeak-smalltalk/squeak-object-memory/issues</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">After the Feature Freeze, this will happen in the Trunk Update Stream:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Unload 60Deprecated via postload-script</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Adapt "SqueakVersion" to keep build number stable</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Add "Load deprecated methods" to preference wizard</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Update update map to not include 60Deprecated anymore</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">After the release, this will happen in the Trunk Update Stream:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Add new 61Deprecated package</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> - Trunk open for the features again</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"> ! Discuss the critical ones via Inbox as usual</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Meanwhile, the release versions of all packages will be copied over to source.squeak.org/squeak60.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Best,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Marcel</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">P.S.: Here is the previous info on the release planning: http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2022-March/219520.html</span></div><div class="mb_sig"></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div>