This week (12/2021) on the Pharo Issue Tracker

We merged 20 Pull Requests and closed 18 Issue tracker entries this week.
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pulse

Refactoring Infrastructure
============

- RB - Rename vars traits #8848
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8848
       
- RB - Improve extract method #8847
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8847
       
- RB - Remove senders of method Refactoring #8843
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8843
       
- RB - Add comments to RBRemoveAllSendersRefactoring #8857
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8857
       
- RB - Fix message of Extract Method Refactoring #8872
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8872


Fixes
=====
       
- 8655-SurfacePluginDLL-is-crashing-with-the-headless-VM-at-restart #8804
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8804
       
- Fluid class should propose trait: + trait: TEmpty as a default #8674
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8674
       
- Fix 8855: Paste shortcut (cmd/ctrl+V) conflicts with new calypso shortcut #8856
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8856
       
- in white theme, ghost text should be darker (otherwise is not visible) #8859
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8859
       
- 8762-Compiler-Evaluating-an-expression-with-error-with-a-requestor-leads-to-primitive-fail #8800
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8800
       
- 6526-RGTraitDescriptionStrategy-invoke-methods-that-do-not-exist-announcer #8841
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8841
       
- Little fix in OSWindowGestureHandler>>trackFinger: #8881
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8881

Features
========
Just two methods added to get information from the system

- Add CairoLibrary>>versionString #8880
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8880
       
- Add VirtualMachine>>#freeSize #8868
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8868
       
       
Cleanups and Refactorings
====================

- Update-ReleaseTests #8849
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8849
       
- Categorize uncategorized methods in classes starting with H #8858
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8858
       
- comment typos #8866
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8866
       
- Simplify SystemVersion class>>#current #8863
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8863
       
- [Calypso] Refactor and bugfix on ClySystemEnvironment #8867
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8867

- add test for Array2D zeros method #8873
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8873