[squeak-dev] Metacello and Squeak4.4

Frank Shearar frank.shearar at gmail.com
Thu Aug 23 15:19:21 UTC 2012


On 6 August 2012 16:17, Dale Henrichs <dhenrich at vmware.com> wrote:
> Frank,
>
> For the automated builds, I want to use the latestAvailable download as my test bed, because that's  the scenario I want to test:
>
>   - download image
>   - execute Metacello
>
> I have ensured that with the patch Metacello runs against Squeak4.4 so I can wait until the patch gets processed and then turn on my automated builds....

I've kind've lost track of what more we need to do, Dale. Shall we
shake out the builderCI failure first before dropping Metacello-Base
into 4.4, or do you think they're unrelated issues?

frank

> Dale
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Frank Shearar" <frank.shearar at gmail.com>
> | To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list" <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> | Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 12:29:25 AM
> | Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Metacello and Squeak4.4
> |
> | On 6 August 2012 05:43, Dale Henrichs <dhenrich at vmware.com> wrote:
> | > Frank,
> | >
> | > FYI: It appears that the Squeak4.4 available from Jenkins does not
> | > have the patched Environment loaded ... so travis ci builds
> | > fail...
> | >
> | > Let me know when the patch is integrated and I'll turn the travis
> | > ci builds back on ...
> |
> | Hi Dale,
> |
> | The necessary change - Environments-fbs.5 - is sitting in the Inbox
> | waiting for review. If it helps, you could always cherry-pick that?
> |
> | frank
> |
> | > Dale
> | >
> | > ----- Original Message -----
> | > | From: "Frank Shearar" <frank.shearar at gmail.com>
> | > | To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
> | > | <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> | > | Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 11:07:20 AM
> | > | Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Metacello and Squeak4.4
> | > |
> | > | On 4 August 2012 20:00, Dale Henrichs <dhenrich at vmware.com>
> | > | wrote:
> | > | > Okay,
> | > | >
> | > | > Using Frank's 4.4 trunk (update 12154) you can load
> | > | > Metacello-Base-dkh.98 from
> | > | > http://seaside.gemstone.com/ss/metacello and then use the
> | > | > Metacello Preview scripting API[1].
> | > |
> | > | Hi Dale,
> | > |
> | > | Now that the infrastructure seems to be settling down, it looks
> | > | like
> | > | a
> | > | good source for an up-to-date trunk image is
> | > | http://squeakci.org/job/SqueakTrunk/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/target/TrunkImage.image.
> | > |
> | > | > As reported earlier, there are still some test failures in
> | > | > MetacelloPreview 1.0-beta.32.2, but the fixes are to the tests
> | > | > and
> | > | > not the functional code base, so I'd say you can include
> | > | > Metacello-Base-dkh.98 in 4.4 at your leisure.
> | > | >
> | > | > To load the basic Metacello functionality, you can use the
> | > | > Scripting API to load another configuration or execute the
> | > | > following:
> | > | >
> | > | >   Metacello new
> | > | >     configuration: 'MetacelloPreview';
> | > | >     version: #stable;
> | > | >     gemsource: 'metacello';
> | > | >     load: 'batch'.
> | > | >
> | > | > \to load the tests, exedute:
> | > | >
> | > | >   Metacello new
> | > | >     configuration: 'MetacelloPreview';
> | > | >     version: #stable;
> | > | >     gemsource: 'metacello';
> | > | >     load: 'TravisCI'.
> | > |
> | > | Just to get things completely clear in my head, these are
> | > | instructions
> | > | for Metacello users post-inclusion, right? They're not actions
> | > | that
> | > | we
> | > | need to follow other than pushing Metacello-Base into the trunk,
> | > | right?
> | > |
> | > | frank
> | > |
> | > | > I'll release 1.0-beta.32.3 in a week or so, but I'll just
> | > | > update
> | > | > the #stable definition, so the above expressions should be used
> | > | > to
> | > | > guarantee that you're picking up the latest release...
> | > | >
> | > | > Dale
> | > | >
> | > | > [1]
> | > | > https://github.com/dalehenrich/metacello-work/blob/master/docs/MetacelloScriptingAPI.md
> | > | >
> | > | > ----- Original Message -----
> | > | > | From: "Dale Henrichs" <dhenrich at vmware.com>
> | > | > | To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
> | > | > | <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> | > | > | Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 4:19:58 PM
> | > | > | Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Metacello and Squeak4.4
> | > | > |
> | > | > | After the patch, a reasonable number of test issues:
> | > | > |
> | > | > |   695 run, 691 passes, 0 expected failures, 2 failures, 2
> | > | > |   errors,
> | > | > |   0
> | > | > |   unexpected passes
> | > | > |
> | > | > | Dale
> | > | > |
> | > | > | ----- Original Message -----
> | > | > | | From: "Dale Henrichs" <dhenrich at vmware.com>
> | > | > | | To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
> | > | > | | <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> | > | > | | Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 1:25:57 PM
> | > | > | | Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Metacello and Squeak4.4
> | > | > | |
> | > | > | | Sounds fair to me ... I'll patch my current in place and
> | > | > | | kick
> | > | > | | off
> | > | > | | the
> | > | > | | tests again ...
> | > | > | |
> | > | > | | Thanks guys,
> | > | > | |
> | > | > | | Dale
> | > | > | |
> | > | > | | ----- Original Message -----
> | > | > | | | From: "Frank Shearar" <frank.shearar at gmail.com>
> | > | > | | | To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
> | > | > | | | <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> | > | > | | | Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 1:20:57 PM
> | > | > | | | Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Metacello and Squeak4.4
> | > | > | | |
> | > | > | | | On 3 August 2012 21:17, Colin Putney <colin at wiresong.com>
> | > | > | | | wrote:
> | > | > | | | >
> | > | > | | | >
> | > | > | | | > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Dale Henrichs
> | > | > | | | > <dhenrich at vmware.com>
> | > | > | | | > wrote:
> | > | > | | | >>
> | > | > | | | >> Frank,
> | > | > | | | >>
> | > | > | | | >> The Metacello tests add/remove global variables
> | > | > | | | >> to/from
> | > | > | | | >> Smalltalk
> | > | > | | | >> and it
> | > | > | | | >> looks like Environment does not implement
> | > | > | | | >> #removeKey:ifAbsent:,
> | > | > | | | >> so
> | > | > | | | >> I've got
> | > | > | | | >> some 400 test failures because I can't remove a global
> | > | > | | | >> from
> | > | > | | | >> Smalltalk ...
> | > | > | | | >>
> | > | > | | | >> I can hack this for the time being but I'm curious
> | > | > | | | >> what
> | > | > | | | >> the
> | > | > | | | >> longer
> | > | > | | | >> term
> | > | > | | | >> plan will be with regards to removing global variables
> | > | > | | | >> from
> | > | > | | | >> Smalltalk or
> | > | > | | | >> perhaps leaving #removeKey:ifAbsent: out is
> | > | > | | | >> inadvertent
> | > | > | | | >> ...
> | > | > | | | >>
> | > | > | | | >> BTW, I'm using update 12154 ...
> | > | > | | | >
> | > | > | | | >
> | > | > | | | > First, Environments is being pushed to Squeak 4.5, so
> | > | > | | | > it
> | > | > | | | > should
> | > | > | | | > be
> | > | > | | | > removed
> | > | > | | | > from 4.4 shortly.
> | > | > | | | >
> | > | > | | | > During the development period for 4.5, Environments
> | > | > | | | > will
> | > | > | | | > implement
> | > | > | | | > #removeKey:ifAbsent:, but eventually that will be
> | > | > | | | > deprecated in
> | > | > | | | > favour of
> | > | > | | | > #undeclare: or something similar.
> | > | > | | |
> | > | > | | | For the nonce, how about we implement
> | > | > | | | #removeKey:ifAbsent:
> | > | > | | | (see
> | > | > | | | Inbox), so we can at least unblock Dale?
> | > | > | | |
> | > | > | | | We do need to remove Environments, but Dale's work
> | > | > | | | contributes to
> | > | > | | | ensuring/checking 4.4's stability.
> | > | > | | |
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