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Launcher Opening Tiny Windows
by Sean P. DeNigris Aug. 23, 2017

Aug. 23, 2017

Check out this screenshot. <http://forum.world.st/file/n4962615/Screenshot_2017-08-19_19.png> The red arrow points to an open "window" of a newly created Pharo 6.0 based image, minimized to the point of barely being visible. Clicking on it makes a title bar somewhat more visible, the edges of which can then be dragged as any other window. Anyone else seeing this? ----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Launcher-Opening-Tiny-Windows-tp4962615.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Catalog statistics (Who know this projects?)
by Esteban Lorenzano Aug. 22, 2017

Aug. 22, 2017

Soâ¦ I took a couple of minutes to do a small list of project description status: >From a total of 379 projects currently in the catalog, just 115 have a description and/or keywords associated. Which means 264 are mysterious projects nobody can guess what are they about. I was thinking most of this projects would be in Unsorted (or Pharo 3), but I found that many are also on Pharo 5 and 4â¦. which is frankly unacceptable :) Even very important projects like Seaside or Garage and Glorp are not documented. So, please peopleâ¦ take a look at your projects and PLEASE, provide a description and proper keywordsâ¦ Nobody can guess what is Aconcagua (besides a cool mountain in south america), or Telescope, etc., etc., etc. Here the list of non-documented projects: http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Pharo/MetaRepoForPharo50/main --- 'A4BP' 'Aconcagua' 'BootstrapMagritte' 'Chalten' 'CommandShell' 'Cormas' 'DependencyAnalyser' 'FamixJS' 'FontAwesome' 'Garage' 'GarageConnectionPool' 'GarageGlorp' 'Glorp' 'Grease' 'IniModules' 'Kendrick' 'Magritte3' 'MagritteMagic' 'MetaBoardBoard' 'MyFirstWebApp' 'NBOpenGL' 'NeoJSON' 'OSProcess' 'PetitParser' 'Phexample' 'Pier3' 'Pier3AddOns' 'ProcessWrapper' 'RewriteTool' 'Seaside3' 'SimplePersistence' 'Ston' 'Telescope' 'Woden' âXtreams' http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Pharo/MetaRepoForPharo40/main --- 'AconcaguaDeluxe' 'AthensSVG' 'Autotest' 'CPanel' 'CreativeCommonsLive' 'DevFlow' 'EventRecorder' 'ExtendedNumberParser' 'ExternalWebBrowser2' 'FixedDecimal' 'Ghost' 'GraphViz' 'Gravatar' 'Hubcap' 'Infinity' 'Mandrill' 'Mathex' 'MemoryMonitor' 'MinimalConnectors' 'Mocketry' 'MongoTalk' 'NBSQLite3' 'NumericalMethods' 'ODBC' 'OSOSX' 'OSWindows' 'PackageDependenciesAnalysis' 'PharoLauncher' 'PlagueDoctor' 'Pomodoro' 'RemoteAnnouncement' 'SandstoneDb' 'Scheduler' 'ScriptManager' 'Shapes' 'SmallUML' 'Spreadsheet' 'Spy' 'StateSpecs' 'SuffixConditionals' 'Teachable' 'TestMock' 'Trees' 'Twilio' 'Vidi' 'VistaCursors' 'Viva' 'WiringPi' 'WorkingSet' 'XBase' 'sQuick' âsQuick_new' http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Pharo/MetaRepoForPharo30/main --- 'Actalk' 'Arduino' 'BabyMock2' 'CTranslator' 'DBPedia' 'DigitalOcean' 'Forum' 'Fuel' 'GTDebugger' 'GTInspector' 'GTInspectorCore' 'GTPlayground' 'GTPlaygroundCore' 'GTSpotter' 'GToolkit' 'GlamourCore' 'GlorpDBX' 'GraphET' 'InstanceEncoder' 'Marina' 'Mechanize' 'Memcached' 'Moose' 'Pastell' 'PharoOnlineHelp' 'ProfStef' 'PythonParser' 'RFB' 'Roassal3d' 'SQLite3' 'Smallapack' 'SmalltalkHub' 'Snapshotcello' 'SortFunctions' 'Spotlight' 'Stamp' 'Tide' 'VersionBrowser' âVersionner' http://www.squeaksource.com/MetacelloRepository --- 'AXAnnouncements' 'Adore' 'Aida' 'Ajp' 'Algernon' 'Alien' 'Amers' 'Announcements' 'AutomaticMethodCategorizer' 'BetaNineIPAddress' 'CAnalyzer' 'CairoGraphics' 'CampSmalltalkLondon' 'Cecinestpasunepomme' 'CharacterMap' 'Chronos' 'CloudforkAWS' 'Cog' 'Connectors' 'ContextS' 'Control' 'Country' 'Countryside' 'DBXBrowser' 'DBXTools' 'DependencyBrowser' 'DependencyView' 'EnhancedOmniBrowser' 'ExternalIconFamily' 'ExternalWebBrowser' 'FileMan' 'FileTree' 'Filesystem' 'GemTools' 'Gitocello' 'Glamour' 'Gofer' 'GoferProjectLoader' 'GoogleAnalytics' 'HPDF' 'HealthReportProducer' 'HelpSystem' 'ICal' 'InstancesBrowser' 'JQueryWidgetBox' 'JavaScriptAnalyzer' 'Jejak' 'Keymapping' 'Kozen' 'KyotoTycoonClient' 'MaBase' 'MaClientServer' 'Magma' 'Magmafy' 'Magritte' 'Magritte2' 'Magritte3AddOns' 'MagritteAddOns2' 'Metacello' 'MetacelloBrowser' 'MetacelloPreview' 'MockGemStone' 'Mondrian' 'Money' 'MonticelloRedirect' 'Murmansk' 'Nagare' 'NativeBoost' 'Neo4reSt' 'NewECompletion' 'NewInspector' 'NewOCompletion' 'Nile' 'NotificationsArea' 'O2' 'OCompletion' 'OPAX' 'ObjectMetaTools' 'OmniBrowser' 'OmniBrowserLukas' 'Orca' 'PagedReader' 'Pharo' 'PharoMorphicExtras' 'PharoNonCore' 'Phriak' 'Pier' 'Pier2' 'PierAddOns' 'PierAddOns2' 'PostMark' 'ProcessModel' 'Quaternion' 'REPL' 'Raphael' 'RatPack' 'RefactoringBrowser' 'RefactoringTools' 'RoelTyper' 'SIXX' 'SPort2' 'SandcastleThemes' 'Scamper' 'Scribo' 'Seafox' 'Seaside' 'Seaside28' 'Seaside28Examples' 'Seaside30' 'SeasideJSON' 'SeasideRest' 'SeasideTesting' 'SharedWorkspace' 'Shout' 'SimpleApplescript' 'SoapOpera' 'SpellingServices' 'SpyForO2' 'Sqnappy' 'SqueakCheck' 'SqueakDBX' 'SqueakFS' 'SqueakSource' 'StOMP' 'Stripe' 'SunnysidePlanning2' 'SwaLint' 'Swazoo2' 'TODO' 'TimerDaemon' 'Tuio' 'VMMaker' 'Waterfall' 'WebClient' 'WebTester' 'XMLRPC' 'XMLSupport' 'Zodiac'

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SystemVersion>>highestUpdate causes FFISharedPool class>>initialize to fail
by Alistair Grant Aug. 22, 2017

Aug. 22, 2017

Hi Everyone, I'm attempting to update to the latest Pharo7 image (918efe2, 32 bit), but am getting an error while loading OSsubprocess. The error occurs in FFISharedPool class>>initialize: initialize self flag: #removeIt. "This IF will be eliminated soon...only here temporary" (SystemVersion current highestUpdate >= 50558) ifTrue: [ SessionManager default registerToolClassNamed: self name ] ifFalse: [ Smalltalk addToStartUpList: self. ] because #highestUpdate is nil. The top of the stack is: UndefinedObject(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #'>=' FFISharedPool class>>initialize MCMethodDefinition>>postloadOver: [ :each | each postloadOver: (self obsoletionFor: each) ] in MCPackageLoader>>basicLoadDefinitions in Block: [ :each | each postloadOver: (self obsoletionFor: ...etc... Based on the method above, it looks like highestUpdate used to be set based on the image number, and has presumably broken during the move to Pharo 7 and git. Earlier Pharo 7 images had it set to 0, which doesn't sound right. Since a build number was recently introduced (fogbugz 20321), should the highestUpdate be set to 70000+buildNumber? E.g. this image has an identifier of: Pharo 7.0 Build information: alpha.build.56.sha.918efe28fa3e6ad485b059dbf4ce675fd4086cf6 So highestUpdate would be 70056. Thanks! Alistair

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[ANN] Pharo 6.1 (summer) released!
by Esteban Lorenzano Aug. 22, 2017

Aug. 22, 2017

Hi, We are releasing Pharo 6.1. Usually, between each major version we just apply bugfixes changing the build number and not announcing new versions but this time is different since the fixes applied required a new VM. The principal reason for the new version is to update Iceberg support, bringing it to macOS 64bits version. So, now Pharo 6.1 comes with Iceberg 0.5.5, which includes: - running on macOS 64bits - adds cherry pick - adds major improvements on performance for big repositories - adds pull request review plugin - repositories browser: group branches by remote - adds bitbucket and gitlab to recognised providers on metacello integration - uses libgit v0.25.1 as backend - several bugfixes Other important change: - linux vm by default is now vm threaded heartbeat. We still miss 64bits Windows (sorry for that), but we are getting there. I hope to have it running right after ESUG. To download 6.1 version, you can go to http://pharo.org/download <http://pharo.org/download> page, or with zeroconf: wget -O- get.pharo.org | bash Enjoy! Esteban

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19609 FileReference>>base should be before last separator
by Alistair Grant Aug. 22, 2017

Aug. 22, 2017

Hi All, I've just taken a look at issue 19609 FileReference>>base should be before last separator and wonder whether it is a correct interpretation of the original intentions. The original author of the issue, Michael, seems to feel that FileReferene>>base and FileReference>>basenameWithoutExtension are the same. My reading of the comments is that they perform a different function, i.e.: '/a/b/c.d.e' asFileReference base. "c" '/a/b/c.d.e' asFileReference basenameWithoutExtension. "c.d" are both the expected values, i.e.: - #base answers the name up to the first extensionDelimiter. - #basenameWithoutExtension answers the name without what is typically considered the file extension (the bit after the last extensionDelimiter). Not shown above, but: - #basename answers the entire filename, i.e. "c.d.e". Does anyone know the history of these methods? Cheers, Alistair

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[ Pharo 70 ] Build 52 PR 195 Make-SUnit-loadable-by-Hermes
by Marcus Denker Aug. 22, 2017

Aug. 22, 2017

[ Pharo 70 ] Build 52 PR 195 Make-SUnit-loadable-by-Hermes https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/20306/Make-SUnit-loadable-by-Hermes https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/195

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[Wanted] Newsletter topics and "takeovers"
by Marcus Denker Aug. 22, 2017

Aug. 22, 2017

Hi, As you for sure know, we have now a good monthly rhythm with the newsletter. http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=6f667565c2569234585a7be77&id=0486… <http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=6f667565c2569234585a7be77&id=0486…> And the number of subscribers is growing! If you have ideas for the next newsletters (August is done and will be posted soon, but we need content for September and laterâ¦) We need both small and larger items. Example for smaller news: - announcements of new libraries - new releasese - links to videos - links to blog posts And larger items. These have not just the title and link, but a short description and if possible a picture. (If you look at the older newsletters it should be clear what is needed). Another idea I had: we could even have âcomplete takeoverâ of a newsletter by someone who wants to edit a newsletter for one specific topic. This can be about one project, or just a âthemeâ (e.g. âcloud deployment with Pharoâ) if you are interested â> send a mail to board(a)pharo.org <mailto:board@pharo.org> Marcus

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IMKClient Stall detected, *please Report* ??
by Tim Mackinnon Aug. 21, 2017

Aug. 21, 2017

Iâve noticed that even in later 6.1 images I am seeing the following stall message on the console in OS X? IMKClient Stall detected, *please Report* your user scenario attaching a spindump (or sysdiagnose) that captures the problem - (imkxpc_attributesForCharacterIndex:reply:) block performed very slowly (4.57 secs). Is this something that is known or do I need to report it? This is with a pretty virgin zero conf image (in fact it may even be a fresh image). What is a spindump it refers to? Tim

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Lowering the pain of newbies
by Stephane Ducasse Aug. 21, 2017

Aug. 21, 2017

Hi guys my son coded in Pharo 60 testGuessUrlPart |dg8| dg8 := GameItem new; name: 'Dragon Quest VIII : Journey Of The Cursed King'; console: 'PS2'. self assert: dg8 guessUrlPart equals: 'dragonquestviiijourneyofthecursedking' and guess what he broke the system. We should not accept such kind of behavior. name: should not change the name of the class. I do not know the solution but I fear when I will teach 160 students this fall. We should make sure that Pharo is not a system only for experts! any idea is welcome https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/20322/name-sent-to-a-class-SHOULD-NOT-aut… Stef

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AbstractFileReference>>ensureDelete when directory has children
by Cyril Ferlicot D. Aug. 21, 2017

Aug. 21, 2017

Hello, I often was surprise to get primitive failures while calling #ensureDelete. I saw that when a folder has children, we should not call #ensureDelete but #ensureDeleteAll, at least on Windows. I think we should raise an other error than "Primitive Failure" when we are in that case. Something like "DirectoryHasChildren" that would signal "This directory contains files and cannot be deleted.". What do you think? -- Cyril Ferlicot https://ferlicot.fr http://www.synectique.eu 2 rue Jacques PrÃ©vert 01, 59650 Villeneuve d'ascq France

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