[Squeak 4.0] (RC2) Mac VM Issue: Punted

> The Mac VM I'm currently packaging with 4.0 is the same one that was
> packaged with 3.10.2. It's old, stable, and closureless. Going to
> squeak.org and clicking download, I now get the experimental 32/64 bit
> VM that John built, and folks told me to beware of that, so I'm
> calling this issue a non-blocking nice-to-have. We'll ship the OS X
> zip file with the old VM in RC2. If there's an RC3, I'll consider
> dropping a different VM in if there's consensus around which one to
> use.
>
> Rationale:
>
> - It's not hard to find a newer VM
> - Clearing changesets and image cleanup may affect the relicense
> effort and are thus presently of top priority
> - The person doing the closure bootstrap (which is a very involved
> process as I understand it) will probably know which VM to choose
> - 4.0 is virtually the same as 3.10.2, and is thus better tested with
> the latest *stable* virtual machine
> - The VM doesn't block relicensing
>
> --
> Casey Ransberger (a.k.a., Ronald Spengler)
>

>
> You should be using the Squeak 4.2.2beta1U one it should run non-closure Images just fine.
>
> In Squeak3-1.10.2-7179-basic you have Squeak 3.8.18beta3U.app
>
> That one has an expired warranty.
>
>
> On 2010-03-10, at 8:32 PM, Casey Ransberger wrote:
>
>> The Mac VM I'm currently packaging with 4.0 is the same one that was
>> packaged with 3.10.2. It's old, stable, and closureless. Going to
>> squeak.org and clicking download, I now get the experimental 32/64 bit
>> VM that John built, and folks told me to beware of that, so I'm
>> calling this issue a non-blocking nice-to-have. We'll ship the OS X
>> zip file with the old VM in RC2. If there's an RC3, I'll consider
>> dropping a different VM in if there's consensus around which one to
>> use.
>>
>> Rationale:
>>
>> - It's not hard to find a newer VM
>> - Clearing changesets and image cleanup may affect the relicense
>> effort and are thus presently of top priority
>> - The person doing the closure bootstrap (which is a very involved
>> process as I understand it) will probably know which VM to choose
>> - 4.0 is virtually the same as 3.10.2, and is thus better tested with
>> the latest *stable* virtual machine
>> - The VM doesn't block relicensing
>>
>> --
>> Casey Ransberger (a.k.a., Ronald Spengler)
>>
>
> --
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> John M. McIntosh <[hidden email]>   Twitter:  squeaker68882
> Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com
> ===========================================================================
>
>
>
>
>

> Something's odd with this. I tried swapping out the VM in my
> deployment script, and I don't seem to be able to copy the app
> directory happily with the new vm... this is going to have to wait for
> RC3, if there is one, and isn't even critical to relicense AFAIK.
> We're getting close to the deadline.
>
> In any event, I'm going to add the zip file as I downloaded it from
> John's site to the 4.0 distribution for RC2, but leave the old one
> (which copies just fine in the build process) in the Mac zip file.
>
> John, if you have any idea what might cause the below, do let me know.
>
> p -r src/mac/Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic/Squeak\ 4.2.2beta1U.app Squeak4.0
> cp: src/mac/Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic/Squeak
> 4.2.2beta1U.app/Contents/Resources/SparklePlugin.bundle/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Resources/fr.lproj/fr.lproj:
> No such file or directory
> cp: src/mac/Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic/Squeak
> 4.2.2beta1U.app/Contents/Resources/SparklePlugin.bundle/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Resources/fr_CA.lproj:
> No such file or directory
> cp: src/mac/Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic/Squeak
> 4.2.2beta1U.app/Contents/Resources/SparklePlugin.bundle/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Resources/fr.lproj/fr.lproj:
> No such file or directory
> cp: src/mac/Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic/Squeak
> 4.2.2beta1U.app/Contents/Resources/SparklePlugin.bundle/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Resources/fr_CA.lproj:
> No such file or directory
> cp: src/mac/Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic/Squeak
> 4.2.2beta1U.app/Contents/Resources/SparklePlugin.bundle/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/fr.lproj/fr.lproj:
> No such file or directory
> cp: src/mac/Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic/Squeak
> 4.2.2beta1U.app/Contents/Resources/SparklePlugin.bundle/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/fr_CA.lproj:
> No such file or directory
> make: *** [Squeak4.0-mac.zip] Error 1
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:43 PM, John M McIntosh
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> You should be using the Squeak 4.2.2beta1U one it should run non-closure Images just fine.
>>
>> In Squeak3-1.10.2-7179-basic you have Squeak 3.8.18beta3U.app
>>
>> That one has an expired warranty.
>>
>>
>> On 2010-03-10, at 8:32 PM, Casey Ransberger wrote:
>>
>>> The Mac VM I'm currently packaging with 4.0 is the same one that was
>>> packaged with 3.10.2. It's old, stable, and closureless. Going to
>>> squeak.org and clicking download, I now get the experimental 32/64 bit
>>> VM that John built, and folks told me to beware of that, so I'm
>>> calling this issue a non-blocking nice-to-have. We'll ship the OS X
>>> zip file with the old VM in RC2. If there's an RC3, I'll consider
>>> dropping a different VM in if there's consensus around which one to
>>> use.
>>>
>>> Rationale:
>>>
>>> - It's not hard to find a newer VM
>>> - Clearing changesets and image cleanup may affect the relicense
>>> effort and are thus presently of top priority
>>> - The person doing the closure bootstrap (which is a very involved
>>> process as I understand it) will probably know which VM to choose
>>> - 4.0 is virtually the same as 3.10.2, and is thus better tested with
>>> the latest *stable* virtual machine
>>> - The VM doesn't block relicensing
>>>
>>> --
>>> Casey Ransberger (a.k.a., Ronald Spengler)
>>>
>>
>> --
>> ===========================================================================
>> John M. McIntosh <[hidden email]>   Twitter:  squeaker68882
>> Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com
>> ===========================================================================
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Casey Ransberger