This week, we merged 19 PRs, we closed 36 issues on the main issue tracker. Features ======== - Fix 12044 introduces hexString and related tests #12045 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12045 Blocks ====== - Enable Constant Block Compilation by default #11931 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/11931 - 11984-CompiledBlockhasMethodReturn-is-not-a-good-name #12020 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12020 - 11965-Implement-ContextactiveHome-without-using-home #12063 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12063 - 12014-HECompiledBlockvalue-send-non-exiting-selector-encoderClassName #12070 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12070 - 12034-Context-we-have-both-home-and-methodReturnContext #12098 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12098 - Context: unify #selector and #methodSelector #12100 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12100 Fixes ===== - 12066-CI-test-failing-on-CI-SystemDependenciesTesttestExternalBasicToolsDependencies #12073 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12073 - Add missing keyDown: message in FTSearchFunction #12087 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12087 - Fix: #12089 the metaclass was placing one # while it should not! + ad… #12090 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12090 - Fix class editor not refreshing when switching between class/instance sides #12095 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12095 - 12110-ReAbstractCritique-asModalWindow #12111 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12111 - Debugger-Implementors-Of #1337 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1337 - Fix Filetree to Tonel transformation #1646 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1646 - Introduce input validation as first precondition of a refactoring #12050 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12050 Cleanups ======== - merge ReAssignmentWithoutEffectRule and ReRemoveAssignmentWithoutEffectRule #12071 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12071 - Factorize the list of VM parameters #12072 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12072 - Cleanup: lint cleanup regarding class side #initialize categorization for Metacello classes #12076 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12076 - Small lint issue in Athens cairo tests #12092 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12092 - Cleanup: Fix typo in DailyNonInteractiveTranscript>>#initializeStream #12094 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/12094