[squeak-dev] Brief update on the Squeak 5.3 release schedule

Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Sat Feb 22 15:55:34 UTC 2020



> On Feb 22, 2020, at 6:36 AM, Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Or don't we want to integrate the BitBlt Convex Shape Fill fix?
> https://bintray.com/opensmalltalk/vm/cog/202002220842 

+1.  The only change here from a previous release candidate is the bitblt fix.  So I see no harm.

> Eliot, any objection?

Quite the opposite :-)

> 
> Sorry in advance for the never ending litany of fixes ;)
> 
>> Le ven. 21 févr. 2020 à 17:24, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> a écrit :
>> Hi Marcel,
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Feb 21, 2020, at 6:33 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Eliot, hi Nicolas. :-)
>>> 
>>> Which one should it be? (https://bintray.com/opensmalltalk/vm/cog)
>>> 
>>> 202002190239
>>> 202002190233
>>> 202002190019
>>> 202002172228
>>> 202002150156
>> 
>> 2714/202002190233 
>> 
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Marcel                                                                                             
>>>> Am 20.02.2020 23:28:51 schrieb Fabio Niephaus <lists at fniephaus.com>:
>>>> 
>>>> Sorry, but I lost track of the recent VM changes.
>>>> 
>>>> Could both Nicolas and Eliot please confirm that 202002190233 is the correct version that we should use in the upcoming Squeak release?
>>>> 
>>>> Once confirmed, I will do another VM release, which we can then use for building our bundles.
>>>> 
>>>> Fabio
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 7:01 pm, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Eliot.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Agreed. It would be easier that way. :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Marcel
>>>>>> Am 20.02.2020 17:25:32 schrieb Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Marcel,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:45 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Eliot.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> > The highBit primitive would then be able to be enableded in 6.0 alpha.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hmm... if there is no benefit for 5.3, we could also swap the VM directly after the 5.3 release to be used for all Trunk (6.0alpha) builds.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I would much rather base 6.0 alpha work on a release vm.  The standard work flow is going to be people installing 5.3, changing the update url to trunk, and updating.  It would be a shame if they also had to install a new vm for this to work fully.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Marcel
>>>>>>>> Am 20.02.2020 16:37:50 schrieb Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi Marcel,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Feb 20, 2020, at 6:52 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi all!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> We are currently packaging RC1, which will be the first (and maybe only) release candidate of Squeak 5.3.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Due to recent discussions on the list, here are some infos from yesterday's board meeting:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> - Release VM will be 201912311458 if there is no veto
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Not a veto but a request that we use the latest VMs here:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> https://travis-ci.org/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/jobs/652284937
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> These are VMMaker.oscog-nice.2714/202002190233.  The main reasons to use them are that a) that Nicolas recently got a fast primitive highBit working and b) they are otherwise almost identical to 201912311458.  The highBit primitive would then be able to be enableded in 6.0 alpha.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The Mac Pharo builds fail because of a technicality, but all the Squeak ones are good.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> - No new sources file for 5.3; so slightly bigger changes file compared to 5.2
>>>>>>>>> - No update of the localization files ("locale") due to time constraints
>>>>>>>>> - Same Linux directory structure as in 5.2 (compact bin/shared in Linux bundle; resources/bin/lib/squeak in all-in-one bundle) due to time constraints
>>>>>>>>> - Next Trunk version will be 6.0alpha ;-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> So, we want to keep the CI infrastructure as is and push the release out as soon as possible. :-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If we overlooked important fixes from the Inbox, please speak up now! :-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>> Marcel
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Eliot
>>>>>>>> _,,,^..^,,,_ (phone)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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