On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 4:38 PM Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi, >
Hello, > as Pharo 8 development started I wonder: > > 1. When will it be possible to already get a Pharo 8 latest image > from ZeroConf. Because one requires ideally the latest image to > contribute > - no? > I guess zeroconf for P8 will be set after Pharo 7 release. For now I get manually a Pharo 8 image from files.pharo.org and I use the Pharo 7 VM to contribute. > Or should one search/download from the CI server for the time being > (which > would be cumbersome) > > 2. How will contributions still going to P7 handled regarding P8. > Typically a bugfix for P7 should also go into the P8 image - no? > But from the integration mails floating around I do not see > this is happening. > There is only few fixex that will still be integrated in P7 for the release. While the Pharo 7 development is still active there is often a merge of the P7 branch in the P8 branch to keep them up to date. After P7 I guess backported issues will be integrated in the P7 and P8 branches. > I would expect that a PR for Pharo 7 would also be merged into Pharo 8 > branch. > If not the images could easily diverge too much or done fixes for P7 > will not be in P8. > > Thanks in advance for clarification! > > Bye > T. > > -- Cyril Ferlicot https://ferlicot.fr
