Tx torsten. New space is opening to us :) On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Yes - really an impressive release. With many cleanups and new treasures in > the image - but also many > shiny new/updated external packages and projects (like Roassal, Polymath, > Calypso browser, ... to name just a few). > > Thanks to all who helped - especially to the ones who cared and also worked > on the not so interesting but > often hard to solve issues or boring but necessary parts or infrastructure. > > The new git integration in Pharo and the included Iceberg tool will allow us > to work with services > like GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket - even own local git servers (for instance > setups using Gogs.io). We can now manage > project resources beside code, commit several packages at once and branch and > merge as necessary. > This really rocks! > > Many thanks also to all the contributors of the OpenSmalltalk initiative - it > is also impressive > how much progress was done on VM side. Also thanks to the ones writing new > books, articles and tutorials > so other can learn and enjoy such a fantastic dynamic and lively system. > > We still have a way to go for Pharo 7 and onwards. I'm eager to play with the > new git based development process and > interested on how we can manage to build our future Pharo based on the > bootstrap efforts. > > Even when not finally there ... step by step it goes! > > Bye > T. > > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 06. Juni 2017 um 17:11 Uhr > Von: "Esteban Lorenzano" <esteba...@gmail.com> > An: "Any question about pharo is welcome" <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>, > "Pharo Development List" <pharo-...@lists.pharo.org>, > members-consort...@pharo.org, "Seaside - general discussion" > <seas...@lists.squeakfoundation.org>, "list ESUG Mailing" > <esug-l...@lists.esug.org> > Betreff: [Pharo-dev] [ANN] Pharo 6.0 released! > > Dear World, > > The time has come for Pharo 6.0! > > Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful > environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback. > > This is our most significant release yet. Here are some highlights: > > > - Pharo is now provided in 64-bit version in Linux and OSX and brings even > better performance and stability (beware, 64bits version is a new technology > and a small amount of tests is still failing) > - A new code changes management system named Epicea for easier reviewing and > recovering of your code easily > - Integrated support for Git through an easy-to-use tool for repositories and > commits management named Iceberg (as a preview for Pharo 6, it will be the > default in Pharo 7) > - The unified foreign function interface (UnifiedFFI) for interfacing with > the outside world is significantly improved > - The PharoVM is now part of OpenSmalltalk initiative > - Introduction of object immutability, alternative bytecode sets and block > closures independent of outer context > - Pharo can now be bootstrapped from source code managed by Git > - Pharo modularity is improved > - Pharo is faster > - The Dark Theme was improved and set as default color theme of Pharo > > > > These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as > important. We have closed 1474 issues in Pharo 6.0 (a more complete changelog > can be found at > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo60ChangeLogs.md). > > While the technical improvements are significant (starting the transition to > 64bits is a remarkable achievement), still the most impressive fact is that > the new code that got in the main Pharo 6.0 image was contributed by more > than 80 people. > > Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving energetic > people. We thank all the contributors of this release: > > Alberto Bacchelli, Alejandro Infante, Alexandre Bergel, Aliaksei Syrel, > Alistair Grant, Andrei Chis, Ben Coman, Bernardo Contreras, Bernhard Pieber, > Boris Spasojevic, Christophe Demarey, Clement Bera, Cyril Ferlicot, Dale > Henrichs, Damien Cassou, Damien Pollet, Dave Lewis, Denis Kudriashov, Dirk > Roeleveld, Eliot Miranda, Esteban Lorenzano, Esteban Maringolo, Evan Donahue, > Federico Balaguer, Franck Warlouzet, Glenn Cavarle, Guillermo Polito, Gustavo > Santos, Henrik Johansen, Henrik Nergaard, Hilaire Fernandes, Holger Hans, Jan > Kurs, Jan van de Sandt, Johan Fabry, Juraj Kubelka, K. K. Subramaniam, Ken > Causey, Kris Gybels, Lionel Akue, Luc Fabresse, Lucas Godoy, Marcus Denker, > Mariano Martinez Peck, Marion Noirbent, Martin Dias, Max Leske, Maxime > Roelandt, Merwan Ouddane, Matteo Bellotto, Miguel Campusano, Milton Mamani, > Myroslava Romaniuk, Nicolai Hess, Nicolas Cellier, Nicolas Passerini, Norbert > Hartl, Offray Luna, Pablo Tesone, Paul De Bruicker, Pavel Krivanek, Peter > Uhnak, Philippe Back, Roger Stebler, Ronie Salgado, Sean DeNigris, Serge > Stinckwich, Skip Lentz, Sophie Kaleba, Stefan Reichhart, Stephan Eggermont, > Stephane Ducasse, Sven Van Caekenberghe, Thibault Arloing, Thibault Arloing, > Thibault Raffaillac, Thierry Goubier, Thomas Heniart, Tommaso Dal Sasso, > Torsten Bergmann, Tudor Girba, Udo Schneider, Valentin Ryckewaert, Vincent > Blondeau, Werner Kassens, Yuriy Tymchuk > > (If you contributed with Pharo 6.0 development in any way and we missed your > name, please send us a mail and we will add you). > > Enjoy! > > The Pharo Team > > Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download[http://pharo.org/download] > Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation[http://pharo.org/documentation] >
