[ANN] New Pharo VM released (v8.6.1)
Hi, this is an announcement of a new release of the Pharo VM. This new version is available to be downloaded through get-pharo scripts and through the Pharo Launcher. From the Pharo Launcher, remember to update the VM from the VM manager window. This version includes a series of improvements: - Unification of code base with the headless VM - Preparation for supporting HDPI displays. - Improvements in the speed of Threaded FFI (40x times faster in SameThread runner and 2x in Threaded worker). - Better handling of semaphores - Improvements in the loading of large images (better buffering) - Better support for headless execution on non-main thread Please let me know if you find any issues. Cheers, Pablo -- Pablo Tesone. tesonep@gmail.com
Cool!! :) I just updated the launcher and got by default the new headless!! Just as a reminder, to update the launcher, you can go to the VM manager clicking on the VMs button, and update (e.g.) the 90-x64 vm After update, the VM should have todayâs date. Cheers, G
El 2 nov 2020, a las 16:48, tesonep@gmail.com escribió:
Hi, this is an announcement of a new release of the Pharo VM. This new version is available to be downloaded through get-pharo scripts and through the Pharo Launcher. From the Pharo Launcher, remember to update the VM from the VM manager window.
This version includes a series of improvements:
- Unification of code base with the headless VM - Preparation for supporting HDPI displays. - Improvements in the speed of Threaded FFI (40x times faster in SameThread runner and 2x in Threaded worker). - Better handling of semaphores - Improvements in the loading of large images (better buffering) - Better support for headless execution on non-main thread
Please let me know if you find any issues.
Cheers, Pablo
-- Pablo Tesone. tesonep@gmail.com
These are great newsss!!! thanks a lot for your hardwork. None of the other things we like to do would be possible without this. El lun., 2 nov. 2020 a las 16:48, tesonep@gmail.com (<tesonep@gmail.com>) escribió:
Hi, this is an announcement of a new release of the Pharo VM. This new version is available to be downloaded through get-pharo scripts and through the Pharo Launcher. From the Pharo Launcher, remember to update the VM from the VM manager window.
This version includes a series of improvements:
- Unification of code base with the headless VM - Preparation for supporting HDPI displays. - Improvements in the speed of Threaded FFI (40x times faster in SameThread runner and 2x in Threaded worker). - Better handling of semaphores - Improvements in the loading of large images (better buffering) - Better support for headless execution on non-main thread
Please let me know if you find any issues.
Cheers, Pablo
-- Pablo Tesone. tesonep@gmail.com
Great work! Thanks, Tudor
On Nov 2, 2020, at 4:48 PM, tesonep@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, this is an announcement of a new release of the Pharo VM. This new version is available to be downloaded through get-pharo scripts and through the Pharo Launcher. From the Pharo Launcher, remember to update the VM from the VM manager window.
This version includes a series of improvements:
- Unification of code base with the headless VM - Preparation for supporting HDPI displays. - Improvements in the speed of Threaded FFI (40x times faster in SameThread runner and 2x in Threaded worker). - Better handling of semaphores - Improvements in the loading of large images (better buffering) - Better support for headless execution on non-main thread
Please let me know if you find any issues.
Cheers, Pablo
-- Pablo Tesone. tesonep@gmail.com
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Is this new VM available for Linux? I only see Windows and Mac VMs that are dated 2020-11-02. In the launcher (launcher 2.2, still the latest AFAICT) refreshing the 90-x64 VM just re-downloads the one from 2020-02-11. Thanks, -Martin On 11/2/20 7:48 AM, tesonep@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, this is an announcement of a new release of the Pharo VM. This new version is available to be downloaded through get-pharo scripts and through the Pharo Launcher. From the Pharo Launcher, remember to update the VM from the VM manager window.
This version includes a series of improvements:
- Unification of code base with the headless VM - Preparation for supporting HDPI displays. - Improvements in the speed of Threaded FFI (40x times faster in SameThread runner and 2x in Threaded worker). - Better handling of semaphores - Improvements in the loading of large images (better buffering) - Better support for headless execution on non-main thread
Please let me know if you find any issues.
Cheers, Pablo
Hi Martin, yes, it is true. I have to rollback the change because it was a compatibility issue with Debian 9.11, and this version is the one used by Jenkins docker images. I will do a release as soon as I can fix it. I want to push OBS to the last step to be productive. There is a lot of work on that and we need to profit it. The headless VM in Linux has been updated to the latest and that one has not been rollbacked. On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 5:48 AM Martin McClure <martin@hand2mouse.com> wrote:
Is this new VM available for Linux? I only see Windows and Mac VMs that are dated 2020-11-02. In the launcher (launcher 2.2, still the latest AFAICT) refreshing the 90-x64 VM just re-downloads the one from 2020-02-11.
Thanks, -Martin
On 11/2/20 7:48 AM, tesonep@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, this is an announcement of a new release of the Pharo VM. This new version is available to be downloaded through get-pharo scripts and through the Pharo Launcher. From the Pharo Launcher, remember to update the VM from the VM manager window.
This version includes a series of improvements:
- Unification of code base with the headless VM - Preparation for supporting HDPI displays. - Improvements in the speed of Threaded FFI (40x times faster in SameThread runner and 2x in Threaded worker). - Better handling of semaphores - Improvements in the loading of large images (better buffering) - Better support for headless execution on non-main thread
Please let me know if you find any issues.
Cheers, Pablo
-- Pablo Tesone. tesonep@gmail.com
Thanks Pablo, that makes sense. Regards, -Martin On 11/27/20 4:52 AM, tesonep@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Martin, yes, it is true. I have to rollback the change because it was a compatibility issue with Debian 9.11, and this version is the one used by Jenkins docker images. I will do a release as soon as I can fix it. I want to push OBS to the last step to be productive. There is a lot of work on that and we need to profit it. The headless VM in Linux has been updated to the latest and that one has not been rollbacked.
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 5:48 AM Martin McClure <martin@hand2mouse.com> wrote:
Is this new VM available for Linux? I only see Windows and Mac VMs that are dated 2020-11-02. In the launcher (launcher 2.2, still the latest AFAICT) refreshing the 90-x64 VM just re-downloads the one from 2020-02-11.
Thanks, -Martin
On 11/2/20 7:48 AM, tesonep@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, this is an announcement of a new release of the Pharo VM. This new version is available to be downloaded through get-pharo scripts and through the Pharo Launcher. From the Pharo Launcher, remember to update the VM from the VM manager window.
This version includes a series of improvements:
- Unification of code base with the headless VM - Preparation for supporting HDPI displays. - Improvements in the speed of Threaded FFI (40x times faster in SameThread runner and 2x in Threaded worker). - Better handling of semaphores - Improvements in the loading of large images (better buffering) - Better support for headless execution on non-main thread
Please let me know if you find any issues.
Cheers, Pablo
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Guillermo Polito -
Martin McClure -
Santiago Bragagnolo -
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Tudor Girba