On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Marcus Denker
<marcus.denker@inria.fr> wrote:
On Jul 28, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Torsten Bergmann wrote:
>> I personally am completely confused about VMs. Now we have even one more :-)
>
> No - we do not have one more, just an updated rebranded version
> as I did in the past to make it more Pharo like.
>
> On Win32 it goes like this:
> ===========================
>
> A) Andreas provided the official Squeak VM on http://squeakvm.org/win32/
> � �Last official one is 4.1.1, I just gave it a new pharo icon ("lighthouse"), name
> � �and file ressource so one can see the VM version directly in Explorer.
>
> � � => unfortunately this is very outdated from 2010, no activity/response on
> � � � �Andreas side and no new Win32 Squeak VM maintainer stepped up AFAIK
>
> � �Even when outdated we still use this as the standard VM in the Win32
> � �Installer (see Pharo1.2), I will reuse this standard VM for 1.3 too.
>
> B) Eliot provides the fast Cog VM on http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/
> � �Last SVN revision is VM.r2474, again anything I do is building the
> � �VM from subversion with another icon ("lighthouse with gear"), name and
> � �a file ressource so one can see the VM version directly in Explorer.
>
> � �This Cog VM is also in the Win32 Pharo 1.2/upcoming 1.3 installer
> � �so Win users can profit from Eliots work.
>
> After using the Win32-Installer one can (by using the different icon "lighthouse" or "lighthouse with gear") start the appropriate engine to run his image.
>
> I hope that we can get a better situation as soon as
> - the standard VM "A" is built right from the newest VMMaker
> - for "B" (the Cog VM) is either built from VMMaker or from Eliots SVN repo
>
And there is
C)
https://pharo-ic.lille.inria.fr/hudson/view/Cog/job/Cog-Win32/
Which is auto-build and soon even auto-tested...
and would be the VM I would expect Pharo to use. �You're welcome to use the VMs off my site but Pharo wants the correct icons, and something that has been auto-built and autotested, etc
�