Great news! Thanks to Esteban and the 80+ contributors. I have multiple patches waiting for the 7.0 dev cycle to begin. Can't wait... :-)
Cheers, Alistair On 6 June 2017 at 17:11, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation
