[squeak-dev] [4.2] - VM <-> image release coordination

Levente Uzonyi leves at elte.hu
Mon Jan 3 07:38:07 UTC 2011


Quoting Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com>:

> Levente wrote:
>
>> I think we should wait for the new VMs, before releasing the new images.
>
> Hi Levente,
>
> I did agree, but now that Eliot is on a tear with a new code
> generator, the first official release might still be some weeks away.
> Someone please correct me if that is a misstatement.
>
> It seems unlikely 4.2 will be incompatible with whatever ends up being
> the first official Cog release.  We should consider pushing it out the
> door so we can re-open the trunk to new featurey.

That's right, Cog's recent improvements introduced some instability.  
So I think we should release Squeak 4.2 with SqueakVM only and  
postpone the multi-VM release. We can also make the release cycle of  
Squeak 4.3 shorter to catch up with the two release per year policy  
and deliver the VM improvements earlier. I'm also sure that a lot of  
improvements will be done till April/May on both image and VM side.


Levente

>
>  - Chris
>
>






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