This week (01/2021) on the Issue Tracker

A bit late: the what happend the first week of the year.

Merge spec 0.8.1
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- Fixes to filtering lists SpFilteringListPresenter and SpFilteringSelectableListPresenter.
- Some changes to enhance Spec<->Morph interaction when using SpMorphPresenter.
- In tables and trees, adding methods updateItemsKeepingSelection:/updateRootsKeepingSelection: that will prevent an activation to be triggered when refreshing the elements of a list/tree.
- tree and tree table refactored to extract common behavior.
- add whenFocusReceivedo: and whenFocusLostDo: convenience methods to SpWindowPresenter.
- Added some missing spec builders
- several small bugfixes
- https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/releases/tag/v0.8.1
- https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8239


merge newtools
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- v0.5.1: several bugfixes for new tools
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8302

- v0.5.1.1 advanced steps
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8303

Refactoring
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- RB - Fix push up sharedPools issue #8207
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8207


Fixes
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- 8241-Warning-PotentialOutDatedDependencyWarning-Kernel-FFI-Kernel-dependenc
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8279

- 8280-From-Twitter-There-is-an-error-in-the-image-tutorial-related-to-read-only-literals #8281
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8281
       
- 8215 detect sum is a strange name for an unconditional loop #8299
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8299

- Compiled code 'literals' do not behave the same that compiled code 'hasLiteral' #8206
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8206

Improvements
============

- improving-TFFI-semaphore-pool #8255
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8255
       
       
- Renamed the method Integer >> take:, wrote a better comment and better variable names #8217
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8217


Speed
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- RPackageOrganizer >> packageMatchingExtensionName: seems to be very slow #8203
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8203


Cleanups
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- Small cleanup OCASTSemanticAnalyzer: #declareVariableNode: #8227
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8227
       
- 2138 Rubric cleanup #8222
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8222
- Fix a few more package extensions #8213
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8213
       
- Fix Compression package extensions #8211
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8211
       
- Behavior>>#parseTreeFor: extension #8209
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8209
       
- Cleanup MockForCompilation #8290
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8290
       
- Cleanups in package 'TraitsV2-Tests' #8296
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8296
       
- 8283-ClassDescriptiondefinition-called-from-GTSpotterExtensionsOnClassTesttestBasic-has-been-deprecated #8301
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8301
       
Dead Code Cleanups
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Mostly related to unused instance variables

- Remove unused class FT2BitmapSize #8247
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8247

- Remove unused ivars in TaskIt #8225
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8225
       
- Cleanup unused ivars Enlumineur #8236
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8236
       
- Clean unused ivars in package Debugger-Model-Tests-Core #8232
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8232
       
- Unused ivars in FTHeaderColumnCellMorph and FastTablePresenter #8249
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8249
       
- Remove unused ivars in ClassParser package #8230
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8230
       
- Cleanup unused ivars in ExampleForTestWithSharedPool #8238
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8238
       
- Care on unused ivars in Microdown #8254
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8254
       
- Remove unused vars in HandMorph #8251
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8251
       
- Cleanup unused ivars for new EmergencyDebugger #8234
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8234
       
- Remove unused ivar selectedItem in deprecated TreePresenter #8228
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8228
       
- Clean unused class ivar in RGEnvironmentAnnouncer #8272
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8272
       
- Unused ivar WorldState lastCycleTime #8259
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8259
       
- Unused ivar in NECTestClass #8270
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8270
       
- Clean unused ivar in Shift-ClassBuilder #8274
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8274
       
- Unused ivars in Pillar tests #8268
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8268
       
- Unused ivars in MonticelloMocks #8265
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8265
       
- Unused ivar in ClassHierarchyPrinter #8261
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8261
       
- Unused ivars in WriteBarrier Stub classes #8257
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8257
       
- Care on unused ivars in StepThroughTest #8278
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8278
       
- Cleanup unused ivar in FLDebuggerStackMaterialization #8245
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8245
       
- Unused ivars in FluidClassBuilder #8263
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8263
       
- Care on unused ivars in ThreadedFFI #8276
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8276
       
- Unused ivars in Kernel slot classes #8285
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8285
       
- RubTextEditor has unused ivar #8292
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8292
       
- Unused ivars in Rubric Spec2 dialogs #8294
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8294