yes this is good point.
I would like to have alien or ffi in 1.1. Now I do not know the status of Alien 
on windows.

On May 26, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:

> Stef,
> 
> My initial reaction to 1.1's approaching release was "where are the 
> callbacks/aliens?"  Sig appears to be offering some competition to Alien.  If 
> he/we can provide a comprehensive and convenient way to make calls, do 
> callbacks, additionally put calls onto other OS threads, and do all of this 
> on the three major platforms, then it could easily turn out the best option 
> for external interfacing.
> 
> I am happy to see us take time to get it right.  My only concern would be 
> that we not fall into a pattern of leaving out the difficult things that we 
> set out to accomplish with a given release.  Since 1.1 is approaching 
> releasable form and FFI/Alien/NB is unclear at present, a release makes sense.
> 
> Short answer: sure, whatever you say :)
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
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> [pharo-project-boun...@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Stéphane Ducasse 
> [stephane.duca...@inria.fr]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:20 AM
> To: Pharo Development
> Subject: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1
> 
> Hi guys
> 
> we were discussing how we can handle 1.1 and the flux of good changes.
> Here is the proposal:
>        we take two or three weeks to let people try their code in 1.1 beta
>        we integrate fixes that are important or easy
>        then we wait one week
>        then we launch 1.1 rc and 1.2 unstable
> 
> does this plan look ok for you?
> The key point is that we want to avoid to have a pile of changes pending 
> because they can rot easily.
> 
> Stef
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