July 2025 - Pharo-users - lists.pharo.org

EXIF / JPEG metadata
by Alistair Grant Nov. 30, 2025

Nov. 30, 2025

Hi Everyone, As far as I can tell, JPEGReadWriter in Pharo 7 doesn't read (or write) the image metadata, e.g. title, keywords, exposure time, etc. Is anyone aware of a package that does? Thanks! Alistair

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Pharo News of the Week 30/2025
by Marcus Denker July 25, 2025

July 25, 2025

# Pharo News of the Week 30/2025 - [Video] Esteban Lorenzano - Pharo-CIG: C++ Interface Generator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9fpvZJaFx4 - paulwilke/pharo-mcp-server: Pharo Smalltalk implementation of Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server specification. https://github.com/paulwilke/pharo-mcp-server/ - [ANN] Soil V3 https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil/blob/v3/docs/changelog.md If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo12 - Update version in #iceberg for BaselineOfPharo for Pharo 12 to âv2.3.4â #18389 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18389 - Update version in #libgit: for BaselineOfIceberg for Pharo 12 to âv3.1.3â #1949 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1949 - Backport addition of support for using âgit_stash_saveâ to Pharo 12 #101 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/libgit2-pharo-bindings/pull/101 # Pharo13 - Update version in #iceberg for BaselineOfPharo for Pharo 13 to âv2.4.2â #18388 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18388 - Update version in #libgit: for BaselineOfIceberg for Pharo 13 to âv3.2.1â #1948 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1948 - Backport addition of support for using âgit_stash_saveâ to Pharo 13 #100 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/libgit2-pharo-bindings/pull/100 # Fixes - Improve simulation of suspend primitive #18415 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18415 # Tools - StChangesBrowser registered as an application tool #18419 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18419 - StChangesBrowser references replaced by the application tool #1212 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1212 - StChangesBrowser references replaced by the application tool #1952 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1952 # VM - Cleanup warnings #906 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/906 - Suppress the old inlining implementation #1000 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/1000 - fixing-build-in-windows #997 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/997 - Fix missing accept on socket #995 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/995 - Move stats to printCogMethods: #991 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/991 - refactor inlining code and add tests for it #987 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/987 - Add code only zone #985 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/985 - Fix Issue 982 - Pharo 10 branch #984 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/984 - Add FEATURE_JIT_SIMD option #966 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/966 - Fix CASTParserTests>>#testParseSizeofTypeInt #965 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/965 - remove gcMode because getGCMode is used #963 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/963 - Cleanup dead code #961 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/961 # Tests - Remove tests of deprecated code raising useless warnings #18414 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18414 - Add executable comment to String>>withoutPeriodSuffix #18411 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18411 - Fix failing tree tests #1795 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1795 # Cleanup - Deprecate BlockClosure>>#sender #18409 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18409

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[ANN] Soil V3
by Marcus Denker July 24, 2025

July 24, 2025

We have released Version 3 of Soil (the object oriented database for Pharo implemented in Pharo). You can access the new release via https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil/tree/v3 The changelog can be found at: https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil/blob/v3/docs/changelog.md To learn more about Soil, the video of Norbert's talk at Smalltalks 2024 is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWY5HCUlX_4 Norbert + Marcus

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Pharo News of the Week 29/2025
by Marcus Denker July 18, 2025

July 18, 2025

# Pharo News of the Week 29/2025 - Pharo Success Story: ApptiveFleet - Vehicle Management https://pharo.org/success/ApptiveFleet.html - [ANN] PharoOWS: OGC Web Services (OWS) support for Pharo https://github.com/ThalesGroup/PharoOWS - [ANN] Willow-Auth0 v3.1.0 [v3.1.0] released! https://github.com/ba-st/Willow-Auth0/releases/tag/v3.1.0 - [ANN] Willow-Playground v9.3.0 [v9.3.0] released! https://github.com/ba-st/Willow-Playground/releases/tag/v9.3.0 - PharoStreamDeck: This project shows how Stream Deck buttons can interact with the Pharo IDE https://github.com/OpenSmock/PharoStreamDeck - JadeiteForPharo: IDE for GemStone Smalltalk application development in Pharo using Rowan code management https://github.com/GemTalk/JadeiteForPharo - Micromaid: A simple Mermaid-like chart generator for Pharo https://github.com/tomooda/Micromaid - pharo-smalltalk-interop-mcp-server: A local MCP server to communicate local Pharo Smalltalk image https://github.com/mumez/pharo-smalltalk-interop-mcp-server If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 11 - backport to fix #16132: Caret-return-char-broken-in-Pharo-11-macOS-Keyboard-as-US-International #16372 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/16372 - P11-fix-cairo-surface-finalization #18399 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18399 - P11-adding-restart-world-option #18398 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/1898 - [PortToP11] 17029-Image-crash-or-errors-when-openning-another-developper-Pharo-11-image #17583 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17583 # Pharo 12 - P12-adding-restart-world-option #18397 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18397 # Pharo 13 - P13-adding-restart-world-option #18396 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18396 - Fix lock DNU on P13 (port #18377) #18394 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18394 # Fixes - Fix lock DNU on P14 (port #18377) #18395 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18395 - Fix inline variable shadowing #18365 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18365 - 790 fixing sp search input field presenter not appearing #1796 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1796 # Newtools - Update BaselineOfNewTools with ProfStef #1209 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1209 - new baseline #1208 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1208 - Allow columns sorting of AbstractFileReference inspector tab #1204 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1204 - Prof stef: move to newtools #1190 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1190 # Features - Adding restart world option #18392 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18392 - add FFI ValueHolder #18370 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18370 - Add support for using âgit_stash_saveâ #98 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/libgit2-pharo-bindings/pull/98 # VM - Fix meta try primitive #968 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/968 # Website - Add new Sucess Story: ApptiveFleet #100 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/100 - Update ApptiveGrid.md: add Smalltalks 2024 talk #99 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/99

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Pharo News of the Week 28/2025
by Marcus Denker July 11, 2025

July 11, 2025

# Pharo News of the Week 28/2025 - [Video][Smalltalks 2024] Soil: an object oriented database for fun and profit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWY5HCUlX_4 - [Smalltalks 2024][Pharo in Action] ApptiveGrid: solve (business) problems without programming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPtsGswPJAc - [Blog] Hera Voted 2nd in the ESUG 2025 Innovation Technology Awards https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/16 - [Blog] Describing Web Applications with Hera https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/17 - [ANN] A local MCP server to evaluate Pharo Smalltalk expressions and get system information via NeoConsole. https://github.com/mumez/pharo-nc-mcp-server - [ANN] Pharo client libraries for accessing the Claude API https://github.com/newapplesho/claude-client-smalltalk - GeoTools: Geographic Tools as Coordinates, Kinematics and Geodesic utilities for GIS. https://github.com/ThalesGroup/GeoTools - AIActions â AI-based Comment Generator for Pharo https://github.com/kasperosterbye/PharoAIActions - pharo-archive: Pharo bindings for libarchive https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-archive If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 12 - Fix lock DNU on P12 and on #18377 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18377 - [P12] Fixing Build #18367 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18367 # Pharo 13 - Backport: fix cleanup undeclared registry after renaming a class #18368 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18368 - continue-to-generate-P30-artifacts #18379 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18379 # Fixes - fix: up/down cursor motion didn't move directly up/down in the presence of tab characters #18348 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18348 # Refactoring Engine - Fix: use correct method to find method #18369 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18369 # Sytax Highlight - introduce a new superclass to SHRBTextStyler and move all the non morâ¦ #18385 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18385 # Code Completion - Code Completion: Fixing all little glitches. #18372 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18372 - Fix the completion by placing a default one after the dependency heurâ¦ #18371 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18371 # Compiler - Enable clean blocks in Pharo14 #18322 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18322 # Tools - Added back fileOut functionnality for the packages #18366 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18366 - Cleaning debugger action model: less dependencies on ast scope #1182 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1182 - fixed object transcript recieving beacons when closed if logger was left turn on #1202 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1202 - Implement stpulse find all button #1201 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1201 - Fixing focus bug on st pulse and tests #1200 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1200 - update from Cavrois improved with placeholders #1198 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1198 - Fixed the same profile switch bug - Pharo 13 #1196 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1196 - Playground Binding presenter #1194 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1194 - Reverted deleted stEntry methods that were removed when moving the class #1188 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1188 - 1172 implementors in the new transcript #1185 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1185 # Spec - add whenFilterChangedDo: event #1791 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1791 # Git Support - Added back github api menu for repositories #1950 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1950 # Tests - add test for #odd #18338 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18338

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[ANN] Willow-Playground v9.3.0 [v9.3.0] released!
by Buenos Aires Smalltalk July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025

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[ANN] Willow-Auth0 v3.1.0 [v3.1.0] released!
by Buenos Aires Smalltalk July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025

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"Describing Web Applications with Hera" â New blog post on all: objects all: theTime
by Koen De Hondt July 6, 2025

July 6, 2025

Dear Pharo users and developers, At ESUG 2025, I demonstrated how Hera can be used to describe the behaviour of web applications when combined with Parasol. I wrote a blog post about it so that you can try it for yourself. See https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/17. As always, all feedback is welcome. Enjoy, Koen

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[ANN] Pharo bindings for libarchive
by Esteban Lorenzano July 5, 2025

July 5, 2025

Hi, As part of my work with pharo-cig <https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-cig> I am releasing a new pharo library binding. This time for |libarchive|, a multi-format archive and compression library: pharo-archive <https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-archive>. You can read and write any zip file: |"list contents of a file" | fileRef arc archive paths entryHolder entry | arc := LibArchive uniqueInstance. fileRef := '/path/to/file.zip' asFileReference. fileRef exists ifFalse: [ self error: 'File ', fileRef fullName, ' not found.' ]. archive := arc read_new. arc read_support_filter_all: archive. arc read_support_format_all: archive. arc read_open_filenameArg1: archive _filename: fileRef fullName _block_size: 10240. paths := OrderedCollection new. entryHolder := ArchiveEntry newValueHolder. [ (arc read_next_headerArg1: archive arg2: entryHolder) = 0 ] whileTrue: [ entry := entryHolder value. paths add: (arc entry_pathname: entry). arc read_data_skip: archive. ]. arc read_free: archive. paths inspect | Esteban 

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Pharo News of the Week 27/2025
by Marcus Denker July 4, 2025

July 4, 2025

# Pharo News of the Week 27/2025 - pharo-cig: A tool to import C/C++ libraries into Pharo https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-cig - pharo-resvg: Pharo bindings for resvg https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-resvg - ChatPharo: an AI Assistant inside the Pharo environment https://github.com/omarabedelkader/ChatPharo - GeoView: Views to display and interact with geographical objects and cartographic layers https://github.com/ThalesGroup/GeoView - [blog post] Basic Hera Usage as a Video Story https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/15 If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Fixes - Fix problem with previous completion enh PR - Rescue a lost class. #18360 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18360 - Fix: rename method violators are list and not single instance #18363 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18363 - FilePresenter: Fix cancelling of FilePresenter via UIManager #18314 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18314 # Tools - Fix wrong place for entries #1184 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1184 - Fix: window fails to open when message list is nil initially #1193 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1193 - Enh/packagescopecompletion #18357 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18357 - Cavrois update profile improvement #1191 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1191 # Iceberg - fix: don't throw uncaught exceptions when a validation error occurs #1928 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1928 # Refactoring Engine - Refactor: rename Refactory* classes in Pharo #1192 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1192 - Refactor: migrating and cleaning Inline Method refactoring #18359 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18359 - Rename all RBRefactoryChanges into ReChanges #18346 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18346 - Fix a really dumb endless loop in PullUpMethod. #18324 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18324 - Fix Refactoring issue #18212 #18315 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18315 - Add subclass fix #18296 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18296 - Update to class Rename #1189 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1189 # Tests - Improve and fix testProperManifestCategorization #18358 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18358 - Adding packages for tests (may be in the future we should truen them â¦ #18361 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18361 - Add comment and executable comments to String>>copyUpToSubstring: #18352 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18352 - Avoid clean blocks for ED tests #18349 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18349 - I added executable comments to withoutSuffix and withoutPrefix in String class #18347 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18347 - Add behaviour preservation tests for Add Method #18321 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18321 # Cleaup - containing is misspelled #718 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-launcher/pull/718 - Simplify Stream API #18141 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18141 - Simplify OSEnvironment #18038 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18038 - remove ProfStef and ProfStef-Test from baselines #18310 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18310

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