[perl #41908] merging extension guessing feature for library.c

2007-03-21 Thread Mike Mattie
Hello, now that 0.4.10 has released I would like to merge rt# 41908 which introduces extension guessing. The current implementation does not affect the behavior of existing code. No new test-suite regressions are introduced. the .load_byte_code op will now accept foo trying .pbc,.pasm,.pir in

Re: [perl #41168] graceful no compiler error message?

2007-03-21 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, chromatic wrote: On Tuesday 20 March 2007 12:25, Andrew Dougherty wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, chromatic wrote: I realize this patch precludes cross-compilation at the moment, but does it work better for you, Andy? Alas, no. Here's what I get (again with

Parrot 0.4.10 released

2007-03-21 Thread Will Coleda
On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.4.10 The Release Formerly Known as Prince. Parrot (http://parrotcode.org/) is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages. Parrot 0.4.10 can be obtained via CPAN, or follow the download instructions at

Countdown to 0.4.11

2007-03-21 Thread Matt Diephouse
Now that 0.4.10 has been released, it's time to start work on 0.4.11. Following Will's lead, I've put together a list of tickets I'd like to see resolved for the upcoming release: http://xrl.us/veso The list includes tickets of all kinds (bugs, todos, cage items, patches) in all languages

Re: Parrot 0.4.10 released

2007-03-21 Thread Allison Randal
Will Coleda wrote: On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.4.10 The Release Formerly Known as Prince. Parrot (http://parrotcode.org/) is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages. Oh, good name. :) Thanks, Coke! Allison

[perl #41918] [PATCH] spelling fixes in src/library.c

2007-03-21 Thread Allison Randal via RT
Thanks, applied in r17680.

Re: [perl #41878] [TODO] create exporter pmc

2007-03-21 Thread Allison Randal
Patrick R. Michaud wrote: On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 06:16:08PM -0400, Will Coleda wrote: On Mar 17, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: Could we also do some multi-dispatch here or typechecking of $P2 so that it could also be a whitespace-separated string of subnames to import?

Re: rpm package

2007-03-21 Thread Allison Randal
Steven Pritchard wrote: I spent some more time getting a package built for Fedora. It probably goes without saying, but this is still a bit difficult. If anyone is interested, here's my current package: Thanks, Steve. Have you kept a list of the things that are difficult about the process?

Re: rpm package

2007-03-21 Thread chromatic
On Wednesday 21 March 2007 15:13, Allison Randal wrote: Steven Pritchard wrote: I spent some more time getting a package built for Fedora. It probably goes without saying, but this is still a bit difficult. If anyone is interested, here's my current package: Thanks, Steve. Have you

Re: the value of maintaining a working install target to the parrot project

2007-03-21 Thread Allison Randal
Thanks, Mike, and welcome to the bird house. :) Mike Mattie wrote: In short parrot needs work on the install target, and I need to justify the value of the target to the project before proposing any changes. The install process is generally known to need work, and critical to the 1.0

Re: rpm package

2007-03-21 Thread Allison Randal
chromatic wrote: My theory: the all Parrot developers work from within the tree, so installation paths are either not present or wrong problem is a big problem. Agreed. And we don't work from the installation paths because the installation paths are broken. Can we break out of this cycle

Weekly Perl 6 mailing list summary for 25 February - 3 March, 2007

2007-03-21 Thread Ann Barcomb
This week on the Perl 6 mailing lists It seems you are presuming a Waterfall model of development here. We're not doing the Waterfall, we're doing the Whirlpool, where the strange attractor whirls around with feedback at many levels but eventually converges on something in the

Perl 6 Microgrants. Now accepting proposals.

2007-03-21 Thread Jesse Vincent
I'm pleased to announce the inaugural Perl 6 Microgrants program. Best Practical Solutions (my company) has donated USD5,000 to The Perl Foundation to help support Perl 6 Development. Leon Brocard, representing The Perl Foundation's grants committee, will work with me to select proposals