3.7-FULL bundled with old Windows VM

Chris Muller afunkyobject at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 14 14:54:21 UTC 2004


I have yet to see a 3.7 downloadable Windows VM anywhere.  Do you know how to
build one?  I think there are instructions at sourceforge..

Let me know if I can do anything to help.

Thanks!
  Chris

--- Bruce O'Neel <edoneel at sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would be happy to.  The problem is that I can't find it.
> 
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/squeak/
> 
> has the 3.6.2 VM.   
> 
> While we're on the subject, does anyone have an opinon about the 3.7
> unix VMs as well?
> 
> My tendency has been to use the released VMs, and, Ian calls these
> Beta.  I'm happy to use them if it's important.
> 
> cheers
> 
> bruce
> 
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 12:32:32PM -0700, Chris Muller wrote:
> > 
> > I just noticed the 3.7 "full" download for Windows at
> > 
> >  
> ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/Smalltalk/Squeak/3.7/win/Squeak3.7-current-win-full.zip
> > 
> > is still bundled with the 3.6.2 VM.
> > 
> > I don't think Magma can endure many more months of the standard Windows VM
> > being "behind" what it needs to work.  New users install and try it in
> their
> > 3.6.2 and get instantly discouraged because of the missing primitive in
> 3.6.2. 
> > I cannot release a new version and have it suffer these same perceptions
> until
> > the correct VM is available in the standard download.
> > 
> > Who maintains the ftp repository?  I beg you, PLEASE may we update this to
> > include the 3.7 Windows VM?
> > 
> >  - Chris
> > 
> 
> -- 
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> 




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