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Pharo News of the Week 40/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 40/2025 - [ANN] Call for talks for Smalltalks 2025 has been extended until October 6th. https://smalltalks2025.fast.org.ar/ - [ANN] Smalltalk Meetup in Zurich, 31 October 2025 https://zurich.smalltalk.world/ If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 12 - Updating version of NewTools to Fix #16827 #18619 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18619 - [P12] Fix Issue 16827: Method version history timestamp always shows a wired date #1255 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1255 - backport12: #18606 ByteArray-initialize #18609 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18609 # Pharo 13 - Use Iceberg v2.4.4 #18614 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18614 - Improving the hack for handling the impresion of DateAndTime in Windows #18623 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18623 - Do not add a default repository group if it is already present, #1976 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1976 - RemoteModel should define repositoryModel (explicit trait requirement) #1917 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1917 # Speed - Push the #new: of Array up to ArrayedCollection. #18606 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18606 # Spec - Bug fix: Apply box layout spacing in SpMorphicBoxAdapter>>#verifyBoxExtentOf:withChild: #1825 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1825 - Fix SpMorphicBoxAdapter>>#verifyBoxExtentOf:withChild: to only add border width/height when adding the first child morph instead of adding border width/height for every child morph #1820 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1820 # Tools - Remove StPulse from NewTools Preview #1250 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1250 - Alternative fix to the Epicea naming hack #18627 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18627 - Find & Replace keeps options between instances #18608 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18608 - Find and Replace noew remembers the last entered text for both find and replace texts. #18605 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18605 - Port forward PR from P13: Find and replace not stuck with old string anymore #18604 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18604 # Git / Iceberg - Pharo14: Do not add a default repository group if it is already present, #1978 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1978 - Port forward #1917 #1977 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1977 - Refresh Iceberg UI when switching tabs #1975 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1975 - Added Browse command to CheckoutPreviewBrowser #1974 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1974 - Edit metadata project confusion removed #1972 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1972 - Using existing locations as default ones and tests #1953 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1953 # Fixes - Improving the hack for handling the impresion of DateAndTime in Windows #18624 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18624 - Fix 2 bugs in the calculation of topLeft in FTTableMorph>>#resizeContainer #18611 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18611 # Cleanup - remove basic Hermes command #18587 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18587 - Cleaning of DateAndTime #18602 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18602 - Move #hasBindingThatBeginsWith: to Shout #17932 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17932

Oct. 6, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 39/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 39/2025 - [ANN] RediStick v3.1.0 is now available! The Redis client for Pharo Smalltalk now supports RedisJSON APIs, enabling proper JSON data type handling instead of just strings. This makes Redis a powerful document store option for Smalltalk developers. https://github.com/mumez/RediStick/blob/master/doc/Json.md If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 12 - Backport addition of #isValid on SDL2Handle to Pharo 12 #18596 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18596 - Backport changes making #tagNames: on MCOrganizationDefinition ensure the tag names are symbols to Pharo 12 #18590 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18590 # Pharo 13 - Backport changes making #tagNames: on MCOrganizationDefinition ensure the tag names are symbols #18589 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18589 # Fixes - OSWindow-SDL2: setCursor if window is focused and when focus is gained #18304 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18304 - Handle short-form #rgb[a] colors in Color #18575 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18575 - Add back methods needed for SmalltalkCI #18594 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18594 - Worker thread should be unique, fix random failing tests #18591 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18591 - workers identified by name should be uniqu #18548 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18548 # Compiler - Improve UndeclaredVariable error #18500 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18500 - OpalCompiler should not depend on Roassal #18576 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18576 # Iceberg / Git - Enable / disbale commit button while commiting something #1973 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1973 - Fix inspector #1970 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1970 # Launcher - Fix typo laucher into launcher #723 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-launcher/pull/723 # Command Line - allow clap command line handler to activate itself or not #18544 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18544 # Tools - Fix typo in ProfSteph #1244 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1244 - Update Graph Algorithms version #1249 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1249 - Fix release tests of Pharo #1248 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1248 - Update version of graph algorithms #1247 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1247 - Remove NewTools-ObjectCentricBreakpoints #1246 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1246 - Adding a new fetcher and fixing the transitive one #18580 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18580 - Fix #18557: Unexpected behavior when storing and loading code quality rule settings from files #18566 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18566 - Find and replace not stuck with old string anymore #18565 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18565 # Monticello / Metacello - Make #tagNames: on MCOrganizationDefinition ensure the tag names are symbols #18588 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18588 - Introduced MetacelloAbstractSpecGenerator #18593 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18593 - Remove Metacello dead code #18586 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18586 - Clean Metacello tests #18585 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18585 - Metacello cleanup #18569 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18569 - Small cleanup of Metacello/Monticello #18568 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18568 # Refactoring Engine - Fixed the duplicate class refactoring wrong message #17941 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17941 - [Refactorings] ReExtractMethodDriver complies with the architecture of drivers #18561 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18561 - Remove rb xxx #17970 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17970 # Cleanup - repackage tools needed for bootsrap #18567 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18567 - Fix a failing test #18581 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18581 - Remove tests of deprecated methods #18584 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18584 - Remove methods overriding the same methods in Pharo #1821 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1821 - Remove duplicated ProfStef #18579 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18579

Sept. 26, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 38/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 38/2025 - [ANN] Ukrainian translation of "Application Building with Spec 2.0" https://pharo.org/news/2025-09-13-Spec-Ukr.html - [Blog Post] Cooperative Pharo server shutdown https://github.com/svenvc/blog/blob/main/2025-09-12-cooperative-server-shut… - AIActions â AI-based Comment Generator for Pharo https://github.com/kasperosterbye/PharoAIActions If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker - uFFI valueholder multiple arity (external objects) #18531 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18531 - Make #printOn: on Character not print surrogates as a literal #18540 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18540 # Comand Line - move spec run cli command to clap #18535 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18535 - Replace Fuel command line handler by clap command #18534 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18534 - move back perform as a root command #18542 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18542 - move to Clap #1819 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1819 # Tools - Add inspector tab âFormSetâ showing a FormSet as an ImageMorph #1240 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1240 - Adding a setting to change default stack selection in debugger to show TestAsserter contexts when step Into #1242 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1242 # Icerberg / Git - Changing tabs when editing metadata project #1967 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1967 - Use new Iceberg merge browser in more places instead of the morphic one #1941 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1941 # Cleanup - Deprecate asSocketAddress extension #18556 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18556 - Cleaning of SystemVersion #18551 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18551 - Removing support for parsing styledsource code ]style[ #18541 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18541 - Removed duplicate classes in new DrTest #18536 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18536 - Move Fuel code to Fuel package #1243 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1243 # Website - add news fondation uni lille #108 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/108 - news spec ukr #107 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/107 - news Coypu Concert #106 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/106

Sept. 22, 2025

Smalltalk journey - next opportunities ?

by Cyrille Delaunay

Hello dear community ! I started my Smalltalk journey 16 years ago and since then I have been delighted to keep it going all along my career path. I have been excited to make it real and to meet great people on the road. I will be seeking new challenges. If you think this background can be of interest for your project or your team, feel free to reach out :) Cyrille Delaunay linkedin.com/in/cyrille-delaunay-307a4a57

Sept. 16, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 37/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 37/2025 - [ANN] Live Coding and Djselecta with Lucretio + Coypu 18/09/2025 https://pharo.org/news/2025-09-12-Concert-Coypu.html - [ANN] Pharo Consortium New Academic Member EMIT University of Fianarantsoa https://pharo.org/news/2025-09-11-Consortium-emit.html - [ANN] Fondation UniversitÃ© de Lille: Pharo selected as supported project for the Call 2024: https://fondation.univ-lille.fr/projets/les-projets-en-cours/soutenir-les-e… - SJsonPath is a Smalltalk library that provides a fluent API for creating JsonPath expression strings https://github.com/mumez/SJsonPath If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Fixes - Update POP3Client.class.st, use allButFirst #18523 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18523 # Command Line - Replace clean and save commands by their clap version #18525 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18525 - add test runner clap command #18521 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18521 - Replace metacello command line handler by clap command #18517 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18517 # FFI - FFI valueholder multiple arity: support returning array of structures #18479 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18479 # Tools - Fix syntax of "packages selected" for the finder #1238 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1238 - [Refactorings] Removing dependencies on NautilusRefactoring #18524 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18524 # Website - add consortium emit #105 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/105

Sept. 12, 2025

[ANN] Pharo Consortium New Academic Member: EMIT University of Fianarantsoa

by Marcus Denker

The Pharo Consortium is very happy to announce that EMIT University of Fianarantsoa has joined the Consortium as an Academic Member. About - EMIT University of Fianarantsoa: https://www.emit.mg <https://www.emit.mg/> - Pharo Consortium: http://consortium.pharo.org <http://consortium.pharo.org/> Individuals can support Pharo via the Pharo Association https://association.pharo.org <https://association.pharo.org/>

Sept. 12, 2025

Looking for opportunities

by Enzo Demeulenaere

Hello, I'm Enzo and I spent the last 2 years as a Research Engineer Apprentice in the Evref team under the supervision of Stephane Ducasse, I have been working on Bloc and Toplo to help prepare the future of Pharo. I am now looking for new opportunities in the Smalltalk community as well as in the XR industry. You will find my CV attached and if my profile interests you, you can contact me on this email address or by phone at : +33 7.63.39.95.14 Thanks for your time and consideration. Regards, Enzo Demeulenaere

Sept. 11, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 36/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 36/2025 [Wanted] Pharo News. If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 13 - [Backport] Improve folder selection in the File Browser #1232 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1232 # Fixes - Fixes #18482 Cannot push up a class var. #18504 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18504 - Allow to set tabs priority in Iceberg #18499 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18499 - Fixing ThemeIcons #18496 #18497 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18497 - Make path asFileReference for Roassal examples #18441 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18441 # Tools - Fix #1140: [Finder] Feature request: Allow saving edited method code #1215 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1215 - Fixing 18505: Pulse is not working #1236 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1236 - Do not use UIManager in ProtocolNameChooser #1235 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1235 - Fix bug in file presenter in case a folder is empty #1234 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1234 - Improve folder selection in the File Browser #1231 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1231 - [Finder] Feature request: Allow saving edited method code #1140 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/issues/1140 - Make sure that we could have the completion working on the local clasâ¦ #18516 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18516 - First version of a driver for InsertSubclassDriver #18495 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18495 # Spec - Add tests for gh-1735 #1817 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1817 - Demo classes renamed to match better their purpose. #1816 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1816 - Fix Active presenter of a Notebook is not available in the #whenSelectedTabChangedDo: #1815 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1815 - latest changes #1814 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1814 - A fixed-width or fixed-height SpBoxLayout should not grow or shrink when adding or removing presenters #1813 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1813 # Command Lime - Add tests for Pharo command line #18473 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18473 - replace st and eval command line handlers by clap commands #18514 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18514 - add invalid code evaluation cli tests #18512 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18512 # Cleanup - Deprecate MailComposition that is in Morphic #18509 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18509 - Reduce the number of extensions in the system #18501 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18501

Sept. 5, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 35/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 35/2025 - [Wanted] Companies using Pharo https://pharo.org/news/2025-08-27-PharoCompanies.html - [ANN] Pharo Consortium New Gold Member qqDataFruits https://pharo.org/news/2025-08-28-Consortium-qqDataFruits.html If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 13 - [Backport] Manage cancelling of FileBrowser via UITheme #18478 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18478 # Fixes - backwardCompatible deprecation of trimmed in String #18337 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18337 # Code Completion - Add frequency-based completion sorting #18481 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18481 - Enh/generic workspace heuristic #18373 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18373 # Tools - Fix behavior of FileBrowser when we cancel the selection #18477 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18477 - Improve Iceberg opening management #18452 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18452 - Longer line + new line after comment. #18465 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18465 # Cleanups / Documentation - [Forward port #18414] Remove tests of deprecated code raising useless warnings #18463 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18463 - better doc on regex syntax #18461 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18461 # Website - add news: consortium member qqDataFruits #104 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/104 - Add News: VM 3.10.6, 3.10.7 #103 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/103 - add news: Pharo Companies Wanted #102 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/102 - add QqDataFruits Success Story #101 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/101

Aug. 29, 2025

Re: Wanted: Companies using Pharo

by Marcus Denker

Hello, As this is confusing: I did setup *two* instances of this, there is *no exchange* of data between them. This means, if you already added your company to the ESUG list, you have to add it to the Pharo list separately. If you add for Pharo, you can add your company to ESUG, too, if you like. https://pharo.org/Companies https://esug.org/companies.html I guess this is more confusing than I imagined. Marcus > On 27 Aug 2025, at 12:54, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker(a)inria.fr> wrote: > > We have a list of Pharo Companies at > > https://pharo.org/Companies > > A problem of course was that the list got out of date quite quickly. > > We now have improved it: > > - there is a form to add a new company > - the contact person will get a link to update the infos at any time > - the system sends a mail every year to the contact to remind to check if the data is still current > - website is rendered directly from the data > > The current page still has a simple rendering: all companies alphabetically. > But with the data we will be able to improve this step by step, so consider adding the info not currently used (e.g. map position, logo...) > > Future: > - nicer page, e.g. with company logos > - check links regularly (and send mail in case it is broken) > - interactive map > > For now, the page contains both the new and the old list, with the idea of removing the old entries eventually. > > (If you are on the ESUG Mailinglist, you might have seen that we did the same for ESUG, for Smalltalk in general. > The link to add your company there is https://esug.org/companies.html ) > > Marcus

Aug. 28, 2025