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Pharo News of the Week 33/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 33/2025 If you want to add your news here, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 13 - [backport 1226] Bookmarks initialization #1227 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1227 - Backport 1222: Allow to add their own bookmarks #1223 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1223 - Backport of 1218 (fix StOpenFileOrDirectoryPresenter) #1219 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1219 - [Backport] Fix tests #1807 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1807 - [Backport] Fix Filtering list ports #1805 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1805 # Ci / Tests - fix errors in CI due to incomplete regex for stamps (could have 5 or 6 digits at the end) #18462 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18462 - fix failing tests since merge of https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18421 #18460 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18460 - Fix release test #1224 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1224 # Command Line / Clap - Refactors bootstrap process with Clap commands #18459 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18459 - Replaces initializePackages command with bootstrap fixMethods clap command #18458 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18458 - Fix error report generation during the bootstrap #18456 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18456 - Uses Clap for Hermes command-line handling #18455 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18455 - Use Clap command to handle Pharo printVersion command #18451 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18451 - New rule to avoid Smalltalk tools reference in spec #18421 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18421 # Tools - StOpenFileOrDirectoryPresenter cannot open a directory #1218 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1218 - Clean bookmarks initialization #1226 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1226 - Add the possibility to add our own bookmarks #1222 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1222 - Enable "openOnListDirectory" of the file browser #1221 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1221 - Categorize method #1962 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1962 # Spec - Fix tests #1806 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1806 - Fix Filtering list ports #1804 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1804 - Improve setting the paths of a tree #1803 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1803 # VM - Improving debugging and types of aioWin.c #1008 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1008 - Reducing the number of handles to test #1009 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1009 - Preparing for release 10.3.7 #1010 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1010 - Removing named events as they have a speed impact #1013 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1013 - Fixing a race condition introduced in v10.3.7 #1011 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1011 - Preparing for release 10.3.8 #1012 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1012

Aug. 26, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 32/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 32/2025 - [ANN] Pharo VM 10.3.7 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/releases/tag/v10.3.7 - [ANN] Phausto talk @ ADCX-gather on September 20th: "Sound over Boilerplate: Accessible plug-ins development with Phausto and Cmajorâ https://audio.dev/adcx-gather-info/ If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # FFI - ffi value holder for multiple arities #18436 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18436 # Tools - Fixed popup strategy for Morphic #1220 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1220 - Better error message when accessing value throw an exception #1214 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1214 - Fixed popup strategy for Morphic #1220 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1220 - Better error message when accessing value throw an exception #1214 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1214 # Git - Add IceTipRepositoriesBrowser class>>ensureOpen #1961 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1961 - Drop "Working copy of" from the name of IceTipWorkingCopyBrowser #1960 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1960 - Add an option to group opened repositories in Iceberg #1959 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1959

Aug. 25, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 31/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 31/2025 - [ANN] libgit2-pharo-bindings v3.2.0 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/libgit2-pharo-bindings/releases/tag/v3.2.0 - [ANN] VM Release v10.3.6 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/releases/tag/v10.3.6 - Slides from #esug2025 (ESUG, IWST, ShowUs) are now on SlideShare https://www.slideshare.net/esug/presentations If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 Note: Due to Summer Holidays, the next Pharo News will be posted end of August. # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 11 - [P11] 18431-ZdcPluginSSLSession-leaks-SSLSession-information-if-the-connection-is-not-explicitly-closed #18432 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18432 # Pharo 12 - [P12] 18431-ZdcPluginSSLSession-leaks-SSLSession-information-if-the-connection-is-not-explicitly-closed #18435 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18435 # Pharo 13 - Fix auto refactoring #18437 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18437 - [P13] 18431-ZdcPluginSSLSession-leaks-SSLSession-information-if-the-connection-is-not-explicitly-closed #18434 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18434 # Pharo 14 - propose a port forward to P14: Fix auto refactoring #18437 #18438 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18438 - [P14] 18431-ZdcPluginSSLSession-leaks-SSLSession-information-if-the-connection-is-not-explicitly-closed #18433 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18433 # VM - Prepare 10.3.6 #1006 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1006

Aug. 1, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 30/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 30/2025 - [Video] Esteban Lorenzano - Pharo-CIG: C++ Interface Generator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9fpvZJaFx4 - paulwilke/pharo-mcp-server: Pharo Smalltalk implementation of Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server specification. https://github.com/paulwilke/pharo-mcp-server/ - [ANN] Soil V3 https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil/blob/v3/docs/changelog.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 # Pharo12 - Update version in #iceberg for BaselineOfPharo for Pharo 12 to âv2.3.4â #18389 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18389 - Update version in #libgit: for BaselineOfIceberg for Pharo 12 to âv3.1.3â #1949 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1949 - Backport addition of support for using âgit_stash_saveâ to Pharo 12 #101 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/libgit2-pharo-bindings/pull/101 # Pharo13 - Update version in #iceberg for BaselineOfPharo for Pharo 13 to âv2.4.2â #18388 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18388 - Update version in #libgit: for BaselineOfIceberg for Pharo 13 to âv3.2.1â #1948 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1948 - Backport addition of support for using âgit_stash_saveâ to Pharo 13 #100 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/libgit2-pharo-bindings/pull/100 # Fixes - Improve simulation of suspend primitive #18415 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18415 # Tools - StChangesBrowser registered as an application tool #18419 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18419 - StChangesBrowser references replaced by the application tool #1212 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1212 - StChangesBrowser references replaced by the application tool #1952 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1952 # VM - Cleanup warnings #906 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/906 - Suppress the old inlining implementation #1000 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1000 - fixing-build-in-windows #997 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/997 - Fix missing accept on socket #995 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/995 - Move stats to printCogMethods: #991 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/991 - refactor inlining code and add tests for it #987 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/987 - Add code only zone #985 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/985 - Fix Issue 982 - Pharo 10 branch #984 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/984 - Add FEATURE_JIT_SIMD option #966 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/966 - Fix CASTParserTests>>#testParseSizeofTypeInt #965 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/965 - remove gcMode because getGCMode is used #963 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/963 - Cleanup dead code #961 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/961 # Tests - Remove tests of deprecated code raising useless warnings #18414 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18414 - Add executable comment to String>>withoutPeriodSuffix #18411 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18411 - Fix failing tree tests #1795 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1795 # Cleanup - Deprecate BlockClosure>>#sender #18409 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18409

July 25, 2025

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN] Soil V3

by Norbert Hartl

Thanks Marcus! We should add a note that ALL users of soil should stick to v3 from now on. The release v4 will have some breaking changes and the main branch started to collect them. This means that it is most probable that databases need to converted before being able to use with a v4 code base. The current code base already throws an exception if you try to open a pre-v4 database with the current code. We will (of course) provide a converter with the release of v4. Norbert > Am 24.07.2025 um 10:35 schrieb Marcus Denker via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org>: > > We have released Version 3 of Soil (the object oriented database for Pharo implemented in Pharo). > > You can access the new release via > > https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil/tree/v3 > > The changelog can be found at: > > https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil/blob/v3/docs/changelog.md > > To learn more about Soil, the video of Norbert's talk at Smalltalks 2024 is now available: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWY5HCUlX_4 > > Norbert + Marcus

July 24, 2025

[ANN] Soil V3

by Marcus Denker

We have released Version 3 of Soil (the object oriented database for Pharo implemented in Pharo). You can access the new release via https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil/tree/v3 The changelog can be found at: https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil/blob/v3/docs/changelog.md To learn more about Soil, the video of Norbert's talk at Smalltalks 2024 is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWY5HCUlX_4 Norbert + Marcus

July 24, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 29/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 29/2025 - Pharo Success Story: ApptiveFleet - Vehicle Management https://pharo.org/success/ApptiveFleet.html - [ANN] PharoOWS: OGC Web Services (OWS) support for Pharo https://github.com/ThalesGroup/PharoOWS - [ANN] Willow-Auth0 v3.1.0 [v3.1.0] released! https://github.com/ba-st/Willow-Auth0/releases/tag/v3.1.0 - [ANN] Willow-Playground v9.3.0 [v9.3.0] released! https://github.com/ba-st/Willow-Playground/releases/tag/v9.3.0 - PharoStreamDeck: This project shows how Stream Deck buttons can interact with the Pharo IDE https://github.com/OpenSmock/PharoStreamDeck - JadeiteForPharo: IDE for GemStone Smalltalk application development in Pharo using Rowan code management https://github.com/GemTalk/JadeiteForPharo - Micromaid: A simple Mermaid-like chart generator for Pharo https://github.com/tomooda/Micromaid - pharo-smalltalk-interop-mcp-server: A local MCP server to communicate local Pharo Smalltalk image https://github.com/mumez/pharo-smalltalk-interop-mcp-server 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 11 - backport to fix #16132: Caret-return-char-broken-in-Pharo-11-macOS-Keyboard-as-US-International #16372 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/16372 - P11-fix-cairo-surface-finalization #18399 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18399 - P11-adding-restart-world-option #18398 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/1898 - [PortToP11] 17029-Image-crash-or-errors-when-openning-another-developper-Pharo-11-image #17583 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17583 # Pharo 12 - P12-adding-restart-world-option #18397 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18397 # Pharo 13 - P13-adding-restart-world-option #18396 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18396 - Fix lock DNU on P13 (port #18377) #18394 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18394 # Fixes - Fix lock DNU on P14 (port #18377) #18395 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18395 - Fix inline variable shadowing #18365 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18365 - 790 fixing sp search input field presenter not appearing #1796 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1796 # Newtools - Update BaselineOfNewTools with ProfStef #1209 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1209 - new baseline #1208 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1208 - Allow columns sorting of AbstractFileReference inspector tab #1204 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1204 - Prof stef: move to newtools #1190 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1190 # Features - Adding restart world option #18392 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18392 - add FFI ValueHolder #18370 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18370 - Add support for using âgit_stash_saveâ #98 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/libgit2-pharo-bindings/pull/98 # VM - Fix meta try primitive #968 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/968 # Website - Add new Sucess Story: ApptiveFleet #100 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/100 - Update ApptiveGrid.md: add Smalltalks 2024 talk #99 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/99

July 18, 2025

Re: Clean Blocks in Pharo 14

by Daniel Slomovits

Test-run-based code critics would definitely be cool. Though in this case, I think a static analysis using heuristics could get us 99% of the way thereâif the receiver (heh) of the #receiver message is a variable node whose name contains "ctx" or "context", or a message send which is known to return only things other than BlockClosures (e.g. all the context-chain navigation messages like #sender), we can disregard that call site. Starting from ~400 senders of #receiver it wouldn't surprise me if that cut it down to as few as 10 or 20 that could be manually checked. Unfortunately I am not as fluent in the Code Critic as I am in the simpler interfaces in Dolphin Smalltalk, so I can't just bang something out in 5 minutes, but it's fundamentally not hard. On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:35â¯AM Marcus Denker <marcus.denker(a)inria.fr> wrote: > > > > On 9 Jul 2025, at 21:37, Daniel Slomovits <daniels220(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > This is very cool to see. One noteâI would personally not outright > deprecate #receiver, but leave a comment indicating that it is not > guaranteed to be set and why. There are plenty of cases where getting nil > as the receiver of a clean block is correct, or at least good enoughâI > wouldn't want to eventually lose the ability to officially access it > entirely, which is what deprecation implies. > > Yes, trueâ¦ I wonder how to provide support for people to find potential > problematic use. > > One thing we really need is Code Critics, but not doing static analysis > but working on test run data. > > We could > -> add probe in #receiver > -> run tests > -> log all send sites > -> tool shows all uses of #receiver that need to be checked > > > Marcus

July 15, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 28/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 28/2025 - [Video][Smalltalks 2024] Soil: an object oriented database for fun and profit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWY5HCUlX_4 - [Smalltalks 2024][Pharo in Action] ApptiveGrid: solve (business) problems without programming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPtsGswPJAc - [Blog] Hera Voted 2nd in the ESUG 2025 Innovation Technology Awards https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/16 - [Blog] Describing Web Applications with Hera https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/17 - [ANN] A local MCP server to evaluate Pharo Smalltalk expressions and get system information via NeoConsole. https://github.com/mumez/pharo-nc-mcp-server - [ANN] Pharo client libraries for accessing the Claude API https://github.com/newapplesho/claude-client-smalltalk - GeoTools: Geographic Tools as Coordinates, Kinematics and Geodesic utilities for GIS. https://github.com/ThalesGroup/GeoTools - AIActions â AI-based Comment Generator for Pharo https://github.com/kasperosterbye/PharoAIActions - pharo-archive: Pharo bindings for libarchive https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-archive 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 - Fix lock DNU on P12 and on #18377 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18377 - [P12] Fixing Build #18367 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18367 # Pharo 13 - Backport: fix cleanup undeclared registry after renaming a class #18368 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18368 - continue-to-generate-P30-artifacts #18379 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18379 # Fixes - fix: up/down cursor motion didn't move directly up/down in the presence of tab characters #18348 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18348 # Refactoring Engine - Fix: use correct method to find method #18369 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18369 # Sytax Highlight - introduce a new superclass to SHRBTextStyler and move all the non morâ¦ #18385 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18385 # Code Completion - Code Completion: Fixing all little glitches. #18372 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18372 - Fix the completion by placing a default one after the dependency heurâ¦ #18371 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18371 # Compiler - Enable clean blocks in Pharo14 #18322 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18322 # Tools - Added back fileOut functionnality for the packages #18366 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18366 - Cleaning debugger action model: less dependencies on ast scope #1182 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1182 - fixed object transcript recieving beacons when closed if logger was left turn on #1202 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1202 - Implement stpulse find all button #1201 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1201 - Fixing focus bug on st pulse and tests #1200 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1200 - update from Cavrois improved with placeholders #1198 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1198 - Fixed the same profile switch bug - Pharo 13 #1196 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1196 - Playground Binding presenter #1194 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1194 - Reverted deleted stEntry methods that were removed when moving the class #1188 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1188 - 1172 implementors in the new transcript #1185 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1185 # Spec - add whenFilterChangedDo: event #1791 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1791 # Git Support - Added back github api menu for repositories #1950 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1950 # Tests - add test for #odd #18338 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18338

July 11, 2025

Re: Clean Blocks in Pharo 14

by Marcus Denker

> On 9 Jul 2025, at 21:37, Daniel Slomovits <daniels220(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > This is very cool to see. One noteâI would personally not outright deprecate #receiver, but leave a comment indicating that it is not guaranteed to be set and why. There are plenty of cases where getting nil as the receiver of a clean block is correct, or at least good enoughâI wouldn't want to eventually lose the ability to officially access it entirely, which is what deprecation implies. Yes, trueâ¦ I wonder how to provide support for people to find potential problematic use. One thing we really need is Code Critics, but not doing static analysis but working on test run data. We could -> add probe in #receiver -> run tests -> log all send sites -> tool shows all uses of #receiver that need to be checked Marcus

July 10, 2025