March 2014 - Pharo-dev - lists.pharo.org

[ANN] ArchLinux pharo-vm / pharo-launcher packages
by Laurent Laffont March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi ArchLinux users, you can now install pharo vm on Arch with: $ yaourt pharo-vm-latest then $ pharo /path/to/your/image There's also a pharo-launcher package that depends on pharo-vm: $ yaourt pharo-launcher then $ pharo-launcher or use your favorite desktop main menu and click on the Pharo icon AUR entries: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pharo-vm-latest/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pharo-launcher/ PKGBUILDs are versionned on https://github.com/lolgzs/pharo-aur Thanks for testing ! Regards, Laurent

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Phratch on Ubuntu
by jannik laval March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Dear Community, Thanks to Damien Cassou, Phratch can now be installed on Ubuntu using apt-get. If you are an Ubuntu user on 12.10, 13.10 or 14.04, you can very easily install Phratch. You have to add the Pharo PPA (ppa:pharo/stable) and install Phratch by issuing these commands: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pharo/stable $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install phratch Then just run $ phratch Thank you again Damien ! -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ Ãcole des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://car.mines-douai.fr/

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XBRL parser/processor?
by Mariano Martinez Peck March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi Smalltalkers, Sorry for the cross posting..... I wonder if anyway is aware of a Smalltalk parser/processor of XBRL (http://xbrl.sec.gov/) ? I know it's XML but it seems some extra work/features are needed besides a XML parser to fully support XBRL data extraction. Thanks in advance, -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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Phratch Website + version 3.0 in dev
by jannik laval March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Dear all, I am pleased to announce Phratch website: www.phratch.com Thanks to the support of ESUG, it is possible to make visible this wonderful project. For now, what is available on the site: - a presentation of Phratch (you can refer to it now) - installation files, there is a portable version for Windows, Linux, MacOS. - tutorials - block documentation: generated from a Phratch image ! - Some elements for Jetstorm (a lot of new articles will come soon) - a category with news Now about the versions, I am developing the version 3.0 Why this number ? Why a third version in one year of work ? It is clear that a lot of work is already done. Each version represents strong changes in the architecture. - version 1.0 is the port of Scratch + BYOB + Panther in Pharo. It is working but not extendable. - version 2.0 makes Phratch really extendable. We can develop our own block for everything in Pharo. I also make Phratch more modular with the use of Pragmas for some menus, declaration of blocks... It is available only in Pharo 3.0. There are some languages available, I hope more people can translate in other languages (http://www.phratch.com/archives/612) - version 3.0 is the version in development. What is new here: Before this version Phratch was really slow. I am cleaning the code, and now it begins to be fast, really fast ! We also begun to write tests. I am really happy to have the support of ESUG and Pharo. Thanks to the community to make Pharo as usable as it it, it makes our dreams possible. Cheers, -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ Ãcole des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://car.mines-douai.fr/

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Pharo3 release delayed!
by Esteban Lorenzano March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Ladies and gentlemen, For achieving a great 3.0 release we still have some tasks that we still need to prepare. They are not many, but we (Pharo Board) think it deserves some more effort: 1) Technically, there are still some minor bugs to tackle around RPackage and Nautilus. We do not miss much and that could be done in a couple of days work (in fact, I'm working on them and trying to have it before going to Argentina next week), but in order to be sure, we better wait a bit :). It would be great to see more eyeballs focused on these issues. 2) We want to create a real marketing strategy this time, and that requires preparation time. "Marketing strategy" sounds probably really bombastic, but in our case it means to create pages, send mails, construct the progress log, etc. We we need some time to prepare it properly. So... Pharo3 release date has been moved to April 22. Cheers, Esteban

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Removing tools
by Pavel Krivanek March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi, this is an initial attempt to produce an image without development tools. Currently it leaves Workspace and Transcript in the image, has no obsolete classes and six Undeclared. The image size is still quite big, 16.1 MB. Tested on #30798. Do not forget to share your improvements ;-) Cheers, -- Pavel

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How to include Moose-Finder in build
by Max Leske March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi I want to use the Moose UI tools for development and since I have a CI job for the project I thought I could just load Moose and be done with it. That doesnât seem to work however. I tried loading #development but when I do that I get the FallbackMenu instead of the world menu and no new inspectors / browsers. Here are the conditions of my build: - I want to start my build from a fresh Pharo3 image - I only want the Moose UI tools (I donât need any of the parsers etc.) - it would be nice if, when I open a built image, the default tools are already set to the Moose ones I know that there is a development Moose build for Pharo3, so Iâm a bit surprised that I canât just load the configurationâ¦ BTW: this is how I tried to load Moose (maybe I just screwed up the configuration): baseline02: spec <version: '0.2-baseline'> spec for: #common do: [ spec blessing: #baseline. spec package: 'LibGit2Bindings' with: [ spec repository: 'http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/MaxLeske/LibGit2Bindings/main' ]. spec project: 'Moose' with: [ spec className: 'ConfigurationOfMoose'; file: 'ConfigurationOfMoose'; version: #development; loads: #(Core UI); repository: 'http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Moose/Moose/main' ]. spec package: 'Phexample' with: [ spec repository: 'http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Phexample/Phexample/main' ]. spec repository: 'http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/StefanMarr/LibGit/main'. spec package: 'LibGit-Core' with: [ spec requires: #(Phexample LibGit2Bindings Moose); postLoadDoIt: #postLoadRecompile ] ]. Iâd appreciate any help (and if nobody helps me Doru will probably kick my ass for still not using Moose :p) Cheers, Max

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Pharo as a NT service
by phil＠highoctane.be March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

I need to be able to run a Pharo VM+image as a service. I saw that in the Windows VM there are such flags. But I do not know how to make that work (or if it still works). Anyone knowing? Phil

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SmalltalkHub troubles
by Philippe Marschall March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi I'm having trouble committing to SmalltalkHub and I don't know where to go for support. When trying to commit to Seaside31 I get the following error: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:16:45 GMT Content-Length: 512 Vary: Accept-Encoding Server: Zinc HTTP Components 1.0 Connection: close Content-Type: text/plain Unknown token type I double checked and my username and password are correct. Cheers Philippe

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WhatsUp from: 2014-03-17 until: 2014-03-31
by seaside＠rmod.lille.inria.fr March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi! We're sending this automatic email twice a month, to give the community an opportunity to easily know what's happening and to coordinate efforts. Just answer informally, and feel free to spawn discussions thereafter! ### Here's what I've been up to since the last WhatsUp: - $HEROIC_ACHIEVEMENTS_OR_DISMAL_FAILURES_OR_SIMPLE_BORING_NECESSARY_TASKS ### What's next, until 2014-03-31 (*): - $NEXT_STEPS_TOWARDS_WORLD_DOMINATION (*) we'll be expecting results by then ;)

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