Us too :)
On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Alistair Grant <akgrant0...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
