> On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:41, Marcus Denker <marcus.den...@inria.fr> wrote: > > >> On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:33, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: >> >> That is very cool. But I need to ask the tough question - given that the >> feature freeze was three weeks ago, what do we gain by adding this in Pharo >> 4? >> >> * Is it needed for demonstrations that won't be based off latest features in >> Pharo 5 ? >> >> * Are third party libraries expected to be based only off Pharo 4 MetaLink >> features, rather than additional MetaLink features it sounds like Pharo 5 >> will get ? >> >>> which means this slice should not impact anything >> >> Because "should" being the operative word... is a slippery slope. If we have >> a philosophy of freezing features before a Release, then we should have the >> discipline to hold to that - at least in last 7 days before Release. >> > > Yes, maybe we should postpone it… releasing is boring, I have to admit :-) > I will revert the change in the visitor… this way we are sure that we do not get any problems.
https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15207/Undo-compiler-change-from-case-15196 <https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15207/Undo-compiler-change-from-case-15196> I am really looking forward to that in Pharo5… it is (one of my) largest mistakes that after my PhD I did not focus on getting Reflectivity into Pharo… it is still amazing, even 5 years later, I think. (but I am biased ;-) Marcus
