[V3dot10] Gamma?

[nicolas cellier]

If i use this feature, changes will be reviewed ?
If so, great, that's why I asked.
Is there a possibility of multiple fixes, like 
http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=3574 ?
Or retract some ?

Cheers

Keith Hodges a écrit :
> nicolas cellier wrote:
>   
>> Sure, if you want to release, you must stop including corrections at a
>> moment or another.
>> There is no urge, these changes are for small bugs and can wait 3.11,
>> though most are lightweight.
>> What i ask is that they be reviewed by someone else than me, that's all.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Nicolas
>>     
> Hello Nicolas,
>
> I have just recently announced the "Level Playing Field" initiative, you
> may have seen the mail on squeak-dev.
> Some of us use lots of different squeak versions on different projects.
> This initiative aims to get all of these versions using the same tools
> for installing code unattended.
>
> There are various slots available for doing things to prepare an image
> automatically, primarily installing things, but also unloading, cleaning
> up things visually, posting readme's and other common tasks. Slots are
> currently scripts embedded in pages in the installer wiki, in the future
> they will also be methods in a class, as part of the "Bob" the builder tool.
>
> In addition to the basic "LevelPlayingField" scheme there are additional
> functions which can be performed, for example, "Clean", "Tidy", and
> "Test". There is also another called "Latest".
>
> The theory goes as follows:
>
> "Latest" itself has more sub-slots, one called "Fixes" and another
> called "Upgrades" for package upgrades.
> If you or I run (from the command line)...
>
> #: squeak 3.10gamma.image http://installer.pbwiki.com/f/LPF.st Installer
> user=unstable do=Latest SmalltalkImage save=Squeak3.10.1alpha.image +quit
>
> Then all of the fixes and upgrades listed on the page
> http://installer.pbwiki.com/Fixes-Squeak3:10beta-unstable will be loaded
> as part of the LevelPlayingField "Latest" process. They can be reviewed
> and if they pass inspection/testing then we can move them into the
> stable "Fixes-Squeak3:10" slot
>
> Testing scripts may be invoked via (not implemented quite yet)
> #:squeak Squeak3.10.1alpha.image Installer do=Test
>
> When the 3.11 initiative begins, the fixes will already be in place
> ready to be applied to the release process. I think that the "Fixes"
> slot should be divided into minor and major, major being things which do
> not load straightforwardly into the image. Minor fixes will likely be
> retained for 3.10.1, Major fixes will need better tool support, namely
> the all important atomic loading which is part of MC1.5 and DeltaStreams
> work but is not yet ready for use with traits.
>
> In order for your fixes list to be incorporated with this scheme each
> mantis report needs to have installer code embedded into it. This code
> tells installer which of the uploaded files is to be used in order to
> apply the fix. The code is of the form...
>
> "fix begin"
> Installer mantis bug: 1234 fix: 'filename_of_fix.cs'.
> "fix end"
>
> This can then be invoked by running.
>
> Installer ensureFix: 1234. or
> Installer ensureFix: '1234 and some descriptive text'.
>
> the page Fixes-Squeak3:10beta-unstable then has the above embedded in it
> using the <code st> ...</code st> tags.
> <code st>
> Installer ensureFix: 1234.
> </code st>
>
> It would be great to have your fixes to start off the 3.10 level playing
> field "Latest" process and we can use this to test the process out.
> I propose that every month or so we seek nominations from
> tester/reviewers as to which of the unstable fixes are ok to be made stable.
>
> the password for http://installer.pbwiki.com/ is predicably "squeak".
>
> Another thing I would recommend is hanging out on irc channel #squeak...
> there are lots of folks there actively involved in testing new things
> out and your contribution would be welcomed.
>
> best regards
>
> Keith
>
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