On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:41, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker@inria.fr> wrote:
On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:33, Ben Coman <btc@openInWorld.com> wrote:
That is very cool. But I need to ask the tough question - given that the feature freeze was three weeks ago, what do we gain by adding this in Pharo 4?
* Is it needed for demonstrations that won't be based off latest features in Pharo 5 ?
* Are third party libraries expected to be based only off Pharo 4 MetaLink features, rather than additional MetaLink features it sounds like Pharo 5 will get ?
which means this slice should not impact anything
Because "should" being the operative word... is a slippery slope. If we have a philosophy of freezing features before a Release, then we should have the discipline to hold to that - at least in last 7 days before Release.
Yes, maybe we should postpone it⦠releasing is boring, I have to admit :-)
I will revert the change in the visitor⦠this way we are sure that we do not get any problems. https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15207/Undo-compiler-change-from-case-15196 <https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15207/Undo-compiler-change-from-case-15196> I am really looking forward to that in Pharo5⦠it is (one of my) largest mistakes that after my PhD I did not focus on getting Reflectivity into Pharo⦠it is still amazing, even 5 years later, I think. (but I am biased ;-) Marcus