On 28 July 2011 17:46, Marcus Denker <
marcus.denker@inria.fr> wrote:
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> On Jul 28, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Torsten Bergmann wrote:
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>>> I personally am completely confused about VMs. Now we have even one more :-)
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>> No - we do not have one more, just an updated rebranded version
>> as I did in the past to make it more Pharo like.
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>> On Win32 it goes like this:
>> ===========================
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>> 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.
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>> � � => unfortunately this is very outdated from 2010, no activity/response on
>> � � � �Andreas side and no new Win32 Squeak VM maintainer stepped up AFAIK
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>> � �Even when outdated we still use this as the standard VM in the Win32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.
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>> 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.
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>> � �This Cog VM is also in the Win32 Pharo 1.2/upcoming 1.3 installer
>> � �so Win users can profit from Eliots work.
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>> 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.
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>> 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
>>
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> And there is
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> C)
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https://pharo-ic.lille.inria.fr/hudson/view/Cog/job/Cog-Win32/
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> Which is auto-build and soon even auto-tested...
>