March 2019 - Pharo-users - lists.pharo.org

IMAP in Pharo

by CÃ©drick BÃ©ler

Hi all, Do you know if IMAP is possible in Pharo ? I havent found any implementation (quick search). Iâd like to have it to interact/filter my email. POP3 is not really possible. I think it would be a nice addition and maybe a good GSOC project ? Cheers, CÃ©drick http://forum.world.st/Zodiac-and-IMAP-td4741328.html <http://forum.world.st/Zodiac-and-IMAP-td4741328.html> It exists in GNU-Smalltalk but donât look at ti, its GPL :-) https://github.com/gnu-smalltalk/smalltalk/blob/master/packages/net/IMAP.st <https://github.com/gnu-smalltalk/smalltalk/blob/master/packages/net/IMAP.st>

March 6, 2019

How exactly is "share repositories between images" supposed to work without tripping each other up?

by Tim Mackinnon

Hi - as many windows users have struggled with the long file path problem (some of which can be caused by orphaned files not even referenced in your baseline - but that were checked in) - many users have started using the "share repositories between imagesâ and point it to a nice short file path (at least we have a workaround). This got us running on Exercism - and unblocked our testers. However - I was suprised when I asked one of our users to update his image to pull in some new code that fixed an issue for him (Itâs the first time I've encountered a conflict and had to use onConflict - and Iâm not sure why there is a conflict - but thats a side point). Metacello new baseline: 'Exercism'; repository: 'github://exercism/pharo-smalltalk:master/dev/src'; onConflict: [ :ex | ex allow ]; load. So doing the above on OSX loads the update into my older image, and everything was fine. However on Windows - one of my testers tried the same thing and got a strange error: âNotFound: failed to resolve path âC:\pharo\images\Exercism test\pharo-localâ¦.â (See photo below). The weird bit is that we arenât sure where the âExercism testâ bit comes from because his image isnât "Exercism testâ - however I suspect that this is one of the other images he created when we were testing 64 bit and he was loading into that. So my question is - how is this shared repository supposed to work? It seems to me that different images are storing non-sharable information in the repository such that sharing canât possibly work? As my baseline and setup are really simple - Iâm suprised by this - there is literally 4 packages and one external dependency on OSProcess (which is an mcz I think). So why does this fail? Iâve always avoided the shared repository as when I initially tried it, I recall all kinds of weird behaviour - but as the windows folks canât seem to avoid it - can someone explain what it does and what we need to look out for? Tim

March 6, 2019

Smalltalk CI - anyone have any luck excluding tests?

by Tim Mackinnon

As part of Exercism we have to show our language track can build and run tests - and they use Travis - so, pretty awesome we have that tooling. So it was pretty straightforward t hook in - and there are enough examples around to support the docs for the .yml and .ston file - however I hit an issue with the inclusion and exclusion of test files. I put an issue on SmalltalkCI - but its sat there for 8days (https://github.com/hpi-swa/smalltalkCI/issues/417) so Iâm wondering if anyone has experience with this? Essentially if I include my other packages âExercismDevâ and âExercismToolsâ (see sample below - Iâve removed them from the include list) then some of my tests run twice (I believe because the exclude of #AllExercismTests doesnât work). I also have some environmental tests that need improving to run more generically (Submit/Download) and again those donât seem to be excluded. Itâs like âexclude" simply doesnât work - but I would think this would be reported more widely if this was the case. So maybe I donât understand the overlap of include/exclude etc. Anyone have any thoughts? Tim SmalltalkCISpec { #loading : [ SCIMetacelloLoadSpec { #baseline : 'Exercism', #directory : 'dev/src', #load : [ 'dev' ], #platforms : [ #pharo ] } ], #testing : { #include : { #packages : [ 'Exercism' ] }, #exclude : { #classes : [ #AllExercismTests, #ExercismTest, #ExercismSubmitTest, #ExercismDownloadTest ], #packages : [ 'ExercismWIP'] } } }

March 6, 2019

Re: [Pharo-users] offers (deb and rpm packages included)

by Esteban Lorenzano

Nice, thank you! (We are working on some packaging for linux, but somehow we are not yet there :( ) Esteban > On 3 Mar 2019, at 17:52, Michael Zeder <post(a)michael-j-zeder.de> wrote: > > Hi! > I would like to make two offers: > First, I know, deciding to be provocative can hurt. I did it int the hope that the released energy will be transformed in something good by the community, so apology for having been loud and insistent. > > Second, I felt oblidged to give at least a little thing back (since I use Pharo mostly in spare time). So, hey Linuxers! Whenever I set up a new system, I integrate Pharo Launcher into the desktop environment. I thought, I just built Debian .deb and RPM packages, for convient installation, on multiuser desktops. > https://gitlab.com/mjz/pharo-linux-packages <https://gitlab.com/mjz/pharo-linux-packages> > Maybe you like it. What does it do? installs shell shortcut ( $ pharo ) and application menu item (Gnome, KDE etc), which when called, copy Launcher image and resources into hidden user dir ( /home/USER/.pharolauncher ), if needed, and start Pharo Launcher. Packaged as DEB and RPM for i386 and x86_64. Please always verify binary integrity. > > M >

March 6, 2019

[ANN] Pharo Consortium New Academic Member: CIRAD

by Marcus Denker

The Pharo Consortium is very happy to announce that CIRAD has joined the Consortium as an Academic Member. About - CIRAD, the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development: https://www.cirad.fr/en/home-page - Pharo Consortium: http://consortium.pharo.org The goal of the Pharo Consortium is to allow companies and institutions to support the ongoing development and future of Pharo. Individuals can support Pharo via the Pharo Association: - http://association.pharo.org

March 6, 2019

Re: [Pharo-users] Fail on condense when image name is drgeo.image

by Alistair Grant

On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 22:11, Alistair Grant <akgrant0710(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Hilaire, > > On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 21:16, Hilaire <hilaire(a)drgeo.eu> wrote: > > > > Alistair, > > > > I checked, the error shows under this specific situation I described in > > my previous email. > > I figured out the environment that caused the primtiveFailure and can > see how my modified code avoids the issue. > > > > Yes, your code fixes this condition, the condense does not hit this > > error anymore. > > Great. I've refactored this quite a bit to make it more efficient and > related methods more consistent. I'll be opening an issue and > submitting a PR for it. For future reference: Issue: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/issues/2753 PR: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2754 Cheers, Alistair

March 6, 2019

Re: [Pharo-users] Noob Question - slicing

by Offray Vladimir Luna CÃ¡rdenas

On 5/3/19 17:59, Craig Johnson wrote: > > Hi All, > > Â > > I was trying to figure an elegant way to slice strings (Python style), > and came up empty. > > Â > > What is the simplest way to copy characters between positions 4 and 8 > from a string in Pharo? > > Â > > Craig > You can use: 'Strings are intuitive' copyFrom: 4 to: 8 which should give you: 'ings '. There is an excellent tutorial about Strings on [1]. [1] http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/ByExample/14%20-%20Chapter%2012%2… If you share with us what are the results of your internet searchers to answer yourself while asking in this list and why they don't work for you, we can help you better (see [2], for a kind of updated classic on that). [2] http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Cheers, Offray

March 5, 2019

Re: [Pharo-users] offers (deb and rpm packages included)

by Offray Vladimir Luna CÃ¡rdenas

Thanks a lot Michel. I will see if there is any way to port this to Arch/Manjaro. Cheers, Offray On 3/3/19 11:52, Michael Zeder wrote: > Hi! > I would like to make two offers: > First, I know, deciding to be provocative can hurt. I did it int the > hope that the released energy will be transformed in something good by > the community, so apology for having been loud and insistent. > > Second, I felt oblidged to give at least a little thing back (since I > use Pharo mostly in spare time). So, hey Linuxers! Whenever I set up a > new system, I integrate Pharo Launcher into the desktop environment. I > thought, I just built Debian .deb and RPM packages, for convient > installation, on multiuser desktops. > https://gitlab.com/mjz/pharo-linux-packages > Maybe you like it. What does it do? installs shell shortcut ( $ pharo > ) and application menu item (Gnome, KDE etc), which when called, copy > Launcher image and resources into hidden user dir ( > /home/USER/.pharolauncher ), if needed, and start Pharo > Launcher.Â Packaged as DEB and RPM for i386 and x86_64. Please always > verify binary integrity. > > M >

March 5, 2019

Noob Question - slicing

by Craig Johnson

Hi All, I was trying to figure an elegant way to slice strings (Python style), and came up empty. What is the simplest way to copy characters between positions 4 and 8 from a string in Pharo? Craig

March 5, 2019

Final Reminder: Only 5 spots left for Camp Smalltalk! Raspberry PI kits to all who attend!

by Mariano Martinez Peck

Hello All, There are 5 slots left for Camp Smalltalk Charlotte 2019 taking place at the end of this month. Now is the time to sign up if you are thinking of attending (see bottom for registration link). Camp Smalltalk is about community engagement and collaboration. There are a number of fantastic talks already lined up such as: Developing Smalltalk solutions running directly on ios / android mobile platforms (along with tooling) Live demo of @1MB remote-debuggable smalltalk images controlling peripherals attached to a Raspberry PI (ARM) In-depth look at large scale use of CMake/CTest/CDash for use with Smalltalk systems Smalltalk dialect portability solutions for the Smalltalk community (for use with GIT) We also have a fantastic Saturday evening social dinner planned on the boardwalk near the hotel. *As a special gift to attendees*, Instantiations will be providing everyone with their own Raspberry PI Zero Wifi devices with 8GB mini-sd card and power supply. Raspbian Linux with VA Smalltalk for ARM will be pre-installed. And if that isn't enough, each attendee will be receiving an open-source license for VA Smalltalk. This event is happening *March 29th â March 31st 2019* in Charlotte, North Carolina. Event details and registration info are available at the following link: Camp Smalltalk Charlotte 2019 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/camp-smalltalk-charlotte-2019-tickets-52380940…> Hope to see you there! [image: IMG_0912.jpg] -- Mariano https://twitter.com/MartinezPeck http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

March 5, 2019