On 13 Apr 2018, at 11:07, Benoit St-Jean <bstjean@yahoo.com> wrote:

"You cannot take an alpha version and expect production quality."

I'm on Windows 10, using Pharo 7.0 alpha 32 bit.

Can I at least expect to be able to save code in my local Monticello repository ? It bombs. I just reported a bug!

Can I expect the Windows installer for Pharo Launcher to work on Windows?  It doesn't : it crashes.  

Can I expect Pharo Launcher (not installed from the .exe installer) to work on Windows?  It just doesn't. I get all kinds of error related to WindowsStore, bad UTF-8 encoding and other things... (see https://twitter.com/smalltalkdev/status/978973863332798464)

Can I expect that when looking for implementors of a method things still work?  I get duplicates (see attached file).

Can I expect reading input from the console to work on Windows?  It doesn't.

Can I expect to be able to test my stuff on Windows?  That's kinda hard when Windows is always 6 months to 1 year behind VM-wise.

Can I expect to be able to contribute ?  That is kinda sad but all the cool scripts out there are .sh files.

I'm not whining about the effort people put into this project : I'm mostly whining about duplication of effort and code and *very poor* Windows support...

Just spend 2 weeks working with Pharo on Windows.  You can start with version 5.1 if you want and let me know how it goes...  Brace yourself, I'm telling you, you're off for a wild & unpleasant ride.

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