pharo 6 is very stable and should be used in production. every version has bugs, that will not change. Yes, that particular bug can be annoying but it does not happens always (for example, I’m unable to reproduce it, which is in fact part of the reason why I cannot fix it).
cheers, Esteban > On 5 Jul 2017, at 14:39, Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote: > > So does that mean we should use the Pharo5 vm for production then? It sounds > like 6 is still a bit bleeding edge and for production applications we should > wait for 6.1? > > At the moment it seems a little chaotic - we all like the new features, and 6 > is definitely a breath of fresh air - however if you want to deploy something > commercially then you need stability. > > > Tim > >> On 3 Jul 2017, at 19:28, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> On 3 Jul 2017, at 20:08, Bernhard Pieber <bernh...@pieber.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> What VM would you recommend for a production app on macOS Sierra? >>> - Pharo 6, right? >> yes >> >>> - I assume 32-bit because 64-bit is still experimental, right? >> not particularly, you can download it and use it. >> some tests fails but people is already using it (iceberg will not work, but >> AFAIK, is the only thing that does not works). >> >>> - The one I get with „curl get.pharo.org | bash“ has a reproducible crash >>> when typing (https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/issues/141). >>> So it can’t be the recommended one, right? >> nevertheless is the current recommended one, and that bug is annoying us all >> :) >> >> but we hope to be able to fix it eventually, of course :) >> >> cheers! >> Esteban >> >>> >>> I must admit I am quite confused. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Bernhard >> >> > >
