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<div><br></div><div>To all core developers: feel free to contribute to Trunk again. Version bumped to 6.1alpha. Be considerate as usual. Discuss bigger things on the list via Inbox, mailing list, and change sets. use 61Deprecated for new deprecations.</div><div><br></div><div>We have everything we need for the 6.0 release at this point. It will happen shortly and be announced on this list.</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 22.06.2022 15:55:27 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 "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></div></blockquote></div>