[squeak-dev] 4.6 Codename (was: Squeak 4.6 Release Notes)
Chris Muller
asqueaker at gmail.com
Thu May 21 15:42:27 UTC 2015
> except that Spur is nothing to do with 4.6, so "Spur" in the title is wrong,
Ah, I figured that would need some explaining. The word "Spur" on
that page refers to the codename of this release. The last time we
had a discussion about codenaming this release, we had a smattering of
ideas and not much consensus. So, I just went with "Spur" for that
moment to get on with the notes until that could be solved.
Then, it hit me, if we DIDN'T come up with a codename for this
software release then how would we meaningfully refer to it besides
the number 4.6? I believe we would say, "that was the release when we
made the image ready for Spur", which, in further discussion would
naturally contract to "the Spur release" for communication efficiency.
I know that Spur is the name of your VM software, but does that mean
it cannot also be the name of this release? I think it fits but if
you object I did think of another good one I like...
> and become: is not faster, and ObjectHistory still works.
That was pulled straight from the notes of one of the versions. I'll
move it to the 5.0 page.
> We need a separate page for 5.0,
Yes, we are doing two releases now, one thing at a time please.
> which /is/ Spur; it has all the improvements in 4.6, except for ObjectHistory being unsupported,
> but is faster, with much faster become: and improved GC.
Okay, my plan is for the 5.0 page to _just_ be those items, which is
perfect. And since it is the same image contents I thought both 4.6
and 5.0 could be codenamed "Spur" but, if that rubs you the wrong way
I have another name picked for 4.6 which I like almost as much.
Let me know..
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