Stef, I am more concerned about Alien on Linux, which is not working. Beyond that, I want to learn more about how to make calls using Alien; the more I read, the more I have my doubts about its ease of use. I will gladly eat those words if it's easy to use.
Bill ________________________________________ From: pharo-project-boun...@lists.gforge.inria.fr [pharo-project-boun...@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Stéphane Ducasse [stephane.duca...@inria.fr] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:04 AM To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1 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 > > > ________________________________________ > From: pharo-project-boun...@lists.gforge.inria.fr > [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 > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
