On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 01:01:12AM -0700, Casey Ransberger wrote:
(CC squeak-dev, this concerns many people there too.)
Thanks Esteban, I know how this stuff goes.
So we're without a maintainer on the Macintosh platform, and I assume that also means iOS (where we're unwanted anyway, so no big loss there.)
Just to be clear, most Squeak users on Mac are using the Cog VM that is provided by Eliot, and readers of the VM list will be aware that Eliot is extremely active in VM development lately (be sure to take a look at http://www.mirandabanda.org/cogblog/ if you have an interest in this area).
Esteban is also continuing his VM work in the areas of most interest to him, as he explained. I would encourage you to try Esteban's VM build with Squeak and see how it works. I don't have a Mac, but I am curious to know.
We do have shortfalls in our processes for updating the upstream trunk for the VM, and we have shortfalls in maintaining Mac and Windows platforms. These are not new issues, and it is clearly an area that we should improve. But don't be alarmed, the interpreter VM for Mac is no more or less outdated today than it was last week.
Dave