On 2011/01/06 21:04, Andreas Raab wrote:
> Please everyone, let's not make this any more complex than it absolutely > needs to be. Here are the guidelines: > a) The behavior of the Windows VM *changes* between 4.1 and 4.2 and this > change will be documented. > b) As a consequence, if you use a 4.2 beta image with a 4.1 VM you will > need to adjust the mouse button preference manually. > c) The 4.2 release will include VMs with the preference set "correctly". > > That's it. In other words, there is nothing "broken" at this point, the > behavior you are seeing is entirely expected because of a). For the > records, adding more platform specific code is the *wrong* thing to do > and just adds useless bloat. We will go through a short period of pain > for people who use 4.2 beta with 4.1 VMs but that's what happens when > you change things. It'll be over in a few weeks. > > Cheers, > - Andreas Does the above mean that we expect, for the moment at least, that Win32VMTest>>testWinVM32ButtonMousePreference to fail? If so, should we not put it in the "expected failures" box for the moment? frank > On 1/6/2011 9:46 PM, Bernhard Pieber wrote: >> Hi Chris, >> >> I saw that you set the #swapMouseButtons preference. Now the right >> mouse button is fixed on the Mac. However, I just tested the image >> under Windows. I am afraid now it is broken there, i.e. the right >> mouse shows the halos instead of the context menu. >> >> There have been numerous threads about this problem. IMHO the right >> solution would be: >> - Make the release VMs consistent so that one can move an image >> between the platforms and the right mouse button behavior stays the >> same without need to change preferences (or run platform specific code >> like Pharo does it IIRC). >> - As Mac and Linux seem to behave the same the easiest way seem to me >> to change the Squeak*.ini to include 3ButtonMouse=1. >> >> I fully agree with Igor on that topic: >> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2010-December/155896.html >> >> >> Cheers, >> Bernhard >> >> Am 06.01.2011 um 18:33 schrieb Chris Muller: >> >>> Hi all, I heard back from Andreas, he is fine with pushing the >>> FloatMathPlugin enhancements to 4.3. >>> >>> I loaded my latest version of KernelTests from the inbox which removes >>> FloatConsistencyTests, and have just uploaded a first 4.2 beta to >>> >>> ftp://ftp.squeak.org/4.2/ >>> >>> We can try to go-back in the trunk stream so that a continuous update >>> could work from a 10779 image, but I'm really not sure what needs to >>> be done to accomplish that or whether that's important. We have this >>> beta image from which we can at least update forward. >>> >>> We do still have some issues in the test-suite that we need help with! >>> >>> Please also test your applications with this image over the next weeks >>> to ensure they will be compatible with this new release, and also >>> flush out any final problems. >>> >>> We're getting there, thanks to all for your help. >>> >>> - Chris >>> >> >> >> > > > > |
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