"Alpha software can be unstable and could cause crashes or data loss" [1]

Experiencing instability, crashes and data loss in the alpha version of a software, including Pharo alpha, is to be expected and nothing to be surprised about. The support of the Pharo stable version (currently 6.1) has significantly improved in the past year. Many fixes and enhancements were back-ported from Pharo 7 to Pharo 6.1. Based on your comments, it seems that you have issues because you are not using the version of Pharo that fits your needs (i.e. the stable version).��

Checking the Pharo website [2], it seems there are no download links to the alpha version so far because it's not considered stable enough. Where did you get a link to download Pharo 7 alpha ?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle
[2]��https://pharo.org/download


On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Benoit St-Jean via Pharo-users <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> wrote:


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Date:��Fri, 13 Apr 2018 09:26:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject:��Re: [Pharo-users] Where do we go now ?
BTW, why put an .exe installer for Windows available when it crashes right from the start? It just doesn't work at all.�� Period.�� For everyone.

And I thought looking for senders of a method was something we mastered a long time ago, like starting with Smalltalk-76.�� Am I supposed to assume that everything, even basic functionalities, are all broken because it's labeled "alpha" ?


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On Friday, April 13, 2018, 5:20:28 a.m. EDT, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm@gmail.com> wrote:




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

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


and btw��� which part of ALPHA you do not get?

Esteban




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