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Little poll to help us improving Spotter

by stephane ducasse

Hi Pharoers Weâre gathering feedback to improve the Spotter tool in Pharo. The survey is quick and focuses on your experience with it, if you could take a few minutes to share your thoughts it would be great. Here's the link: https://sondages.inria.fr/index.php/319877?lang=en Best regards, Santiago StÃ©phane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr 06 30 93 66 73 "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.â Calvin & Hobbes

Jan. 25, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 3/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 3/2025 - [ANN] IWST 2024 proceedings is now online at https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3893/ - [Video] Phausto at the Audio Programmer meetup https://lucretiomsp.github.io/musicwithpharo/2025/01/16/phaustoAudioProgram… 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 multibyte commit message fix to Pharo 11 #1877 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1877 - Backport changes making #cascadeFor:initialExtent:world: for RealEstateAgent use integral positions when using the worldâs center to Pharo 11 #17604 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17604 # Pharo 12 - Backport changes making #recalculatePageWidths and #recalculatePageHeights on SpMorphicMillerAdapter set the coordinates and dimensions to integral numbers #1694 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1694 - Backport fix making #loadVersionFromFileNamed: on MCRemoteFileBasedRepository always answer the version #17615 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17615 # Fixes - Pharo 13 - more Robust CompiledMethod inspection, #936 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/936 - Fix #loadVersionFromFileNamed: on MCRemoteFileBasedRepository to always answer the version #17613 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17613 - Branch: 17625-Clean-window-menu, Fixes #17625 #17626 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17626 - 17597 the code formatter does not pretty print well ffi calls #17598 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17598 - Branch: Another FFI call variation not formattable + add customisatâ¦ #17601 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17601 - Trying to make sure that we get the correct method class once we set â¦ #17595 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17595 - fix(sorting): Make many tables in inspector extensions properly sortable #924 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/924 # Features - Allow to load a package in another environment #17591 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17591 # Newtools - added WindowManager package to exploit new SpClosedWindowPresenter #940 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/940 - Branch: removeUnusedPreferredExtent, Fixes # 935 #937 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/937 - Branch: Pharo13, Removing preferredExtent instance variable of class and code #932 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/932 # VM - Prepare release v10.3.3 #901 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/901 - Update build and dev VM and image to latest pharo 12 release #900 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/900 - force non-shallow checkout on CI #899 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/899 - Normalize variable #897 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/897 - Adding test to test Ephemerons in the Old Space #702 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/702 # Spec - Make #transferFor:from: on SpMorphicTreeTableDataSource delegate to the adapter #1679 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1679 # iceberg (git) - Redo of PRâ¯#1873 #1880 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1880 - Remove duplicated methods #1876 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1876 - renamed all ice git hub classes from model to presenter ( not model anymore) #1874 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1874 # Cleanup - Cleaningtest that there are no selectors remaining that are sent but not implemented #17612 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17612 - Move LocalProcessException and LocalRecursionStopper to debugger packages #17621 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17621 - Move DependentsArray from Kernel to System-Model #17620 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17620 - Clean TransferMorph #17619 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17619 - Remove dependencies to the AST #17616 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17616 - Remove some methods with equivalent in superclass in Calypso #17592 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17592 - Remove duplicated methods #939 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/939 - One less reference to RBParser + does not uselessly reformat code. #934 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/934 - Fix testLocalMethodsOfTheClassShouldNotBeRepeatedInItsTraits #938 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/938 - little post migration and all the tests are green #931 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/931 - Remove duplicated methods #1699 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1699 - Remove unused class variable recently introduced #1698 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1698

Jan. 24, 2025

Re: Pharo Launcher & Monticello & Code Repositories

by stephane ducasse

>> Can you provide more information so that we can see what we can do. > There's not much to say execpt that nothing happens, wherther I launch it with settings or not. Last working images I have are Pharo 11.0. Nothings works for Pharo 12+ ! > @Christophe is there a log in PharoLauncher @Benoit could you try to update the VMs - do you get the same behavior if you reinstall the launcher? > >> 2) On a totally different subject, is there a package to be able load the Monticello Browser tool back into the image starting with Pharo 11? It's really annoying to deprive users from easily loading code from all the repos still using the Monticello format! >> I do not know. We do not support mcz loading. >> We sincerely understand that it can be painful but we cannot rewrite all the old tools. >> Embrace Git and Iceberg is a super nice tool for that. >> We are working on removing morphic and this is a large effort. >> If you want I can pair program with you to port one of your projects to github. > Maybe the solution would be to have Monticello loadable as a standalone package ! How do you guys port stuff from SqueakSource to Pharo? May be someone in the Pharo community has an easy recipe to do that! Guys? Anyone? Suggestions? mv P.mcz P.zip unzip P.zip Then load the file by dropping it on the desktop. On error I create missing classes and restart >>> 3) Finally, is there a preferred ***central*** repository to store Pharo code? Something like Squeaksource was, or RubyGems (for Ruby) or Cincom Public Repository (VisualWorks Smalltalk) ? >> We always wanted to do that but we got stuck launching a market place. >> The idea is that you publish your code anywhere you want on github, gitlabâ¦. >> and you publish a description of such project in the marketplace. >> We did not have the manpower to launch this project. If you want to help we can tell >> you what we designed: the simplest thing that could work - a git repo. >> Now christophe should have the information somewhere. > I understand. It`s just a fantasy/dream/wish that things would be much easier to find if, like the Cuis repo or SqueakSource or SS3 or SmalltalkHub, everything would be in one place. At least, regardless of what repo you use, a central page with package descriptions that would like to the proper location We want a central repo but are out of steam :( S StÃ©phane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr 06 30 93 66 73 "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.â Calvin & Hobbes

Jan. 23, 2025

Re: Pharo Launcher & Monticello & Code Repositories

by Benoit St-Jean

On 2025-01-07 06:37, stephane ducasse wrote: > Hi benoit > > happy new year and sorry not seeing your email before Same here!Â Bonne et heureuse annÃ©e (en retard), monsieur Ducasse! >> On 12 Nov 2024, at 18:31, Benoit St-Jean via Pharo-dev<pharo-dev(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: >> >> 1) I've been using Pharo Launcher 3.2 on Windows 10 for a while and it seems like there's a problem with launching images starting with version 11. It just doesn't work. Any hint? > Can you provide more information so that we can see what we can do. There's not much to say execpt that nothing happens, wherther I launch it with settings or not.Â Last working images I have are Pharo 11.0.Â Nothings works for Pharo 12+ ! > 2) On a totally different subject, is there a package to be able load > the Monticello Browser tool back into the image starting with Pharo > 11? It's really annoying to deprive users from easily loading code > from all the repos still using the Monticello format! > I do not know. We do not support mcz loading. > We sincerely understand that it can be painful but we cannot rewrite all the old tools. > Embrace Git and Iceberg is a super nice tool for that. > We are working on removing morphic and this is a large effort. > If you want I can pair program with you to port one of your projects to github. Maybe the solution would be to have Monticello loadable as a standalone package !Â How do you guys port stuff from SqueakSource to Pharo?Â May be someone in the Pharo community has an easy recipe to do that!Â Guys?Â Anyone? Suggestions? >> 3) Finally, is there a preferred ***central*** repository to store Pharo code? Something like Squeaksource was, or RubyGems (for Ruby) or Cincom Public Repository (VisualWorks Smalltalk) ? > We always wanted to do that but we got stuck launching a market place. > The idea is that you publish your code anywhere you want on github, gitlabâ¦. > and you publish a description of such project in the marketplace. > We did not have the manpower to launch this project. If you want to help we can tell > you what we designed: the simplest thing that could work - a git repo. > Now christophe should have the information somewhere. I understand.Â It`s just a fantasy/dream/wish that things would be much easier to find if, like the Cuis repo or SqueakSource or SS3 or SmalltalkHub, everything would be in one place.Â At least, regardless of what repo you use, a central page with package descriptions that would like to the proper location

Jan. 21, 2025

Re: [Pharo-users] New VM Release v10.3.3

by stephane ducasse

Thanks a lot for you dedication and positive energy around this important artefact. S > On 16 Jan 2025, at 10:27, Guillermo Polito <guillermopolito(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Weâve published a new VM release (v10.3.3) to be used with Pharo versions 10 through 13. > > 10.3.3 includes all changes in 10.3.2 (that was rolled back) plus several improvements. > > Highlights: > - improves the naming schema of built artifacts to differentiate releases from intermediate/nightly builds > - is built on the old file server (that we recovered!) to support compatibility with older GLibC versions > - builds and run properly on newer linux systems (we fixed a couple of linking and compilation issues with newer versions of gcc) > - many improvements in the perm space > > Please find in the wiki information about the build and versions > > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/wiki > > Full release changes log > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/releases/tag/v10.3.3 > > Finally, a big thanks to MaxLeske and Norbert for testing, and to everybody who contributed even in the previous conversations. > > Cheers, > G StÃ©phane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr 06 30 93 66 73 "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.â Calvin & Hobbes

Jan. 20, 2025

"Subject in SUnit Tests" â New blog post on all: objects all: theTime

by Koen De Hondt

Dear Pharo users and developers, In my series of blog posts on testing, I added a follow-up post <https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/12> about a dedicated name for the object under test in SUnit tests, the âsubject". Happy reading! Ciao, Koen

Jan. 19, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 1 and 2 2025

by Marcus Denker

The First week everyone was on holidays, 2025 thus starts with week 2. - [Video] Talk from UK Smalltalk users group: Maximiliano Tabacman: Electronic Roleplaying Assistant - 27 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIoTkXNU-Sc - [Blog Post] Comparing SUnit with RSpec https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/11 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 12 - [Backport to P12] Improve word-by-word text navigation + tests #17285 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17285 - Backport fix-SDL-default-renderer-by-platform #17579 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17579 - use Spec v1.3.4 #17574 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17574 - Move compiled method installation code from compile to install step #17469 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17469 # Fixes - Fix word jumping p12 #17584 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17584 - 17576-Invalid-comment-is-breaking-CommentTests #17577 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17577 - New cursor jumping #17476 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17476 - Add CompiledBlock>>#browse and BlockClosure>>#browse #17335 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17335 # Features - Fix 13825. Create a new sorter for the completion engine . #17473 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17473 # VM - Build on old linux server #898 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/898 - DojoVM 2025-01-07 #896 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/896 - fix C warnings related to self assignments #894 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/894 - Forward port 10 to 12 #893 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/893 - Fix some Slang tests #891 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/891 - Add a dumb isNotNil implementation (the same as notNil) #890 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/890 - PIC Cleanup #889 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/889 - normalize C variables #875 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/875 - Lots of cleanups #874 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/874 - Removing duplicated code #857 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/857 - Fix warning absolute value #782 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/782 # Spec - changes on SPPresenter for resizing windows #1693 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1693 - use comprehensive option name #1691 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1691 - A test that checks whether the elements stay within the window's dimensions after resizing. #1688 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1688 - enhancement(tables): split formatting vs evaluation #1686 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1686 - default "ok" button in dialogs needs to be set to "ok" #1685 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1685 - SpPaginatorPageMorph and SpPaginatorSelectionMorph fixes for theme #1646 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1646 # Compiler - Forward port 17469 to P13: Move compiled method installation code from compile to install step #17587 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17587 - Fix string parse literals #17571 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17571 - Symbol should not depend on AST (Fix dependency test) #17580 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17580 - 17569 deprecate setparse options #17570 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17570 - Pharo13: Adding simple comments to RBClass methods #17575 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17575

Jan. 17, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 52/2024

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 52/2024 This is the changekog for the last week of 2024: # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Fixes - Resolution for issue 17548 - Removed Network setting BlabEmail #17564 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17564 - Duplicate class refactoring #17558 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17558 - 17493-Dropping-a-fileout-raises-an-error #17533 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17533 - fix search of element in SpCollectionListModel. #1681 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1681 # Enhancements - enhance(morphic drop-handler): Better management of drop handler #17562 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17562 - Update FFI generation code to not generate multiple time the same methods #17559 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17559 # VM - Fix linking of UnixOSProcessPlugin - Remove dead code #888 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/888 - Fix failing tests #887 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/887 - fixing-classTag-tests #886 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/886 - Cleaning #881 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/881 - Druid fix vm #880 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/880 # Iceberg - Branch: PrefilledCommit1852, Fixes # 1852 #1857 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1857 # Cleanups - Cleanup scale factor methods #17555 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17555 - Remove users of asFileName #17561 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17561 - Remove unused code, user of asFileName #925 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/925 - Fix SpDemoPresenter stupid uneecessary dependencies #1689 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1689 - Better comment and removed unused instance variable #17560 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17560 # Compiler - Rename AST -> OC #17553 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17553 - P13: post AST to OC renaming #17566 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17566

Jan. 17, 2025

New VM Release v10.3.3

by Guillermo Polito

Hi all, Weâve published a new VM release (v10.3.3) to be used with Pharo versions 10 through 13. 10.3.3 includes all changes in 10.3.2 (that was rolled back) plus several improvements. Highlights: - improves the naming schema of built artifacts to differentiate releases from intermediate/nightly builds - is built on the old file server (that we recovered!) to support compatibility with older GLibC versions - builds and run properly on newer linux systems (we fixed a couple of linking and compilation issues with newer versions of gcc) - many improvements in the perm space Please find in the wiki information about the build and versions https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/wiki Full release changes log https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/releases/tag/v10.3.3 Finally, a big thanks to MaxLeske and Norbert for testing, and to everybody who contributed even in the previous conversations. Cheers, G

Jan. 16, 2025

New Smalltalk Blog

by Benoit St-Jean

Enjoy "The Transcript Show" ! https://transcriptshow.blogspot.com/

Jan. 13, 2025