Re: [Pharo-users] Information on Spec development

> On Jun 20, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Cyril Ferlicot <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> This is an important update about the development of Spec.
>
> As you might have heard, we are working on Spec to release a new
> version in Pharo 8. One goal is to unify all Pharo interfaces behind
> one GUI framework and a second goal is to allow multiple back-ends
> (Morphic but also GTK, Bloc, ...). To reach those goals we have been
> updating the current version of Spec. We see now, however, that
> updating Spec directly creates troubles with migration. For example,
> we currently have a lot of deprecation warnings in Iceberg, because we
> can't update it without breaking Pharo 7 compatibility.
>
> After some discussions between the engineers working on Spec, here is
> our plan to improve the situation: We will copy all classes of Spec
> and rename them with the "Sp" prefix. (We will also ensure that every
> class of Spec started with the same prefix for consistency). For
> extensions methods, we will rename them to have a version different
> from Spec 1 (The spec from Pharo 7). Once done we will integrate this
> new version in Pharo 8. From there we will wait some weeks to let
> users who started to use the updated Spec change their projects to use
> this new Spec2. Finally, we will revert all changes that happened on
> Spec 1 and deprecate the packages. We hope this will make things
> easier for everyone.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> --
> Cyril Ferlicot
> https://ferlicot.fr
>