[Pharo-users] [ANN] Pharo 9 released!

[Esteban Lorenzano]

Dear World and dynamic language lovers:

The time has come for Pharo 9 (https://pharo.org/) !
Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful 
environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback.

Here are the key features of Pharo 9:
Full redesign of the Spec UI framework (new logic, application, style, GTK3 
back-end)
New tools:

new playground,

new object centric inspector,

new object centric debugger.

better and new Refactorings

class comments are now written in Microdown format (Markdown compatible)

classes now can be defined using a "fluid" api (Preview)

New completion framework that adapts better to edition contexts and is 
customizable

Fast universal non-blocking FFI which now uses libFFI as backend.

Pharo now supports Windows, OSX, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, 
Raspbian) and multiple architectures (Intel/ARM 32/64bits).

Virtual Machine

Idle VM

Support for ARM 64bits

Support for Apple M1

More than 3000 tests

Built for Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10; Debian 9, 10, Testing; 
Fedora 32, 32, 34; openSUSE 15.1, 15.2, Tumbleweed; Manjaro; Arch

Uses SDL 2.0 as back-end by default. It supports extended event handling, 
including trackpad support.

General speed up due to compiler optimisations and UI simplification.

And many, many more tests.

These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as 
important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: around 1400 issues and 
2150 pull requests.
A more extended changelog can be found at 
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo90ChangeLogs.md.
While the technical improvements are significant, still the most impressive 
fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 9 image was contributed by 
more than 90 people.
Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving a great community.
We thank all the contributors to this release:
Aaron Bieber, Ackerley Tng, Alban Benmouffek, Ale Cossio, Alexandre Bergel, 
Alistair Grant, Allex Oliveira, Angela Chia-Ling, Arturo Zambrano, Asbathou 
Biyalou-Sama, Ben Coman, Benoit Verhaegue, Carlo Teixeira, Carlos Lopez, 
Carolina Hernandez, Charles A. Monteiro, Christoph Thiede, Christophe Demarey, 
Clotilde Toullec, Cyril Ferlicot, Damien Pollet, Daniel Aparicio, David Bajger, 
David Sánchez i Gregori, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis Harris, Eric Brandwein, Eric 
Gade, Erik Stel, ErikOnBike, Esteban Lorenzano, Esteban Villalobos, Evelyn Cusi 
Lopez, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Ewan Dawson, Francis Pineda, Francis Pineda, Gabriel 
Omar Cotelli, Geraldine Galindo, Giovanni Corriga, Guille Polito, Himanshu jld, 
Johan Brichau, Jonathan van Alteren, Jordan Montt, Julien Delplanque, Kamil 
Kukura, Kasper Østerbye, Kurt Kilpela, Laurine Dargaud, Marco Rimoldi, Marcus 
Denker, Martin Dias, Martin McClure, Massimo Nocentini, Max Leske, Maximilian 
Ignacio Willembrinck Santander, Milton Mamani Torres, Moussa Saker, Myroslava 
Romaniuk, Nicolas Anquetil, Norbert Hartl, Nour Djihan, Oleksandr Zaitsev, 
Pablo Sánchez Rodríguez, Pablo Tesone, Pavel Krivanek, Philippe Lesueur, Pierre 
Misse, Rakshit P., Rob Sayers, Roland Bernard, Ronie Salgado, Sean DeNigris, 
Sebastian Jordan Montaño, Serge Stinckwich, Stephan Eggermont, Steven Costiou, 
Stéphane Ducasse, Sven Van Caekenberghe, Thomas Dupriez, Théo Lanord, Théo 
Rogliano, Todd Blanchard, Torsten Bergmann, Vincent Blondeau, Wéslleymberg 
Lisboa.

(If you contributed with Pharo 9 development in any way and we missed your 
name, please send us an email and we will add you).
Enjoy!
The Pharo Team
Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download (https://pharo.org/download)
Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation (https://pharo.org/documentation)

[Pharo-users] Re: [Pharo-dev] [ANN] Pharo 9 released!

[Noury Bouraqadi]

Yey! Big thank you to the core team and all the community!

Noury
On Jul 15 2021, at 11:14 am, Esteban Lorenzano  wrote:
> Dear World and dynamic language lovers:
>
> The time has come for Pharo 9 (https://pharo.org/) !
> Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful 
> environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback.
>
> Here are the key features of Pharo 9:
> Full redesign of the Spec UI framework (new logic, application, style, GTK3 
> back-end)
> New tools:
>
> new playground,
>
> new object centric inspector,
>
> new object centric debugger.
>
> better and new Refactorings
>
> class comments are now written in Microdown format (Markdown compatible)
>
> classes now can be defined using a "fluid" api (Preview)
>
>
>
> New completion framework that adapts better to edition contexts and is 
> customizable
>
> Fast universal non-blocking FFI which now uses libFFI as backend.
>
> Pharo now supports Windows, OSX, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, 
> Arch, Raspbian) and multiple architectures (Intel/ARM 32/64bits).
>
> Virtual Machine
>
> Idle VM
>
> Support for ARM 64bits
>
> Support for Apple M1
>
> More than 3000 tests
>
> Built for Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10; Debian 9, 10, Testing; 
> Fedora 32, 32, 34; openSUSE 15.1, 15.2, Tumbleweed; Manjaro; Arch
>
>
>
> Uses SDL 2.0 as back-end by default. It supports extended event handling, 
> including trackpad support.
>
> General speed up due to compiler optimisations and UI simplification.
>
> And many, many more tests.
>
>
>
> These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as 
> important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: around 1400 issues and 
> 2150 pull requests.
> A more extended changelog can be found at 
> https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo90ChangeLogs.md.
> While the technical improvements are significant, still the most impressive 
> fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 9 image was contributed 
> by more than 90 people.
> Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving a great 
> community.
> We thank all the contributors to this release:
> Aaron Bieber, Ackerley Tng, Alban Benmouffek, Ale Cossio, Alexandre Bergel, 
> Alistair Grant, Allex Oliveira, Angela Chia-Ling, Arturo Zambrano, Asbathou 
> Biyalou-Sama, Ben Coman, Benoit Verhaegue, Carlo Teixeira, Carlos Lopez, 
> Carolina Hernandez, Charles A. Monteiro, Christoph Thiede, Christophe 
> Demarey, Clotilde Toullec, Cyril Ferlicot, Damien Pollet, Daniel Aparicio, 
> David Bajger, David Sánchez i Gregori, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis Harris, Eric 
> Brandwein, Eric Gade, Erik Stel, ErikOnBike, Esteban Lorenzano, Esteban 
> Villalobos, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Ewan Dawson, Francis 
> Pineda, Francis Pineda, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Geraldine Galindo, Giovanni 
> Corriga, Guille Polito, Himanshu jld, Johan Brichau, Jonathan van Alteren, 
> Jordan Montt, Julien Delplanque, Kamil Kukura, Kasper Østerbye, Kurt Kilpela, 
> Laurine Dargaud, Marco Rimoldi, Marcus Denker, Martin Dias, Martin McClure, 
> Massimo Nocentini, Max Leske, Maximilian Ignacio Willembrinck Santander, 
> Milton Mamani Torres, Moussa Saker, Myroslava Romaniuk, Nicolas Anquetil, 
> Norbert Hartl, Nour Djihan, Oleksandr Zaitsev, Pablo Sánchez Rodríguez, Pablo 
> Tesone, Pavel Krivanek, Philippe Lesueur, Pierre Misse, Rakshit P., Rob 
> Sayers, Roland Bernard, Ronie Salgado, Sean DeNigris, Sebastian Jordan 
> Montaño, Serge Stinckwich, Stephan Eggermont, Steven Costiou, Stéphane 
> Ducasse, Sven Van Caekenberghe, Thomas Dupriez, Théo Lanord, Théo Rogliano, 
> Todd Blanchard, Torsten Bergmann, Vincent Blondeau, Wéslleymberg Lisboa.
>
>
> (If you contributed with Pharo 9 development in any way and we missed your 
> name, please send us an email and we will add you).
> Enjoy!
> The Pharo Team
> Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download (https://pharo.org/download)
> Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation (https://pharo.org/documentation)

[Pharo-users] Re: [ANN] Pharo 9 released!

[Russ Whaley]

Congratulations everyone on Pharo v9.  I love working in this immersive
environment.

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 5:15 AM Esteban Lorenzano  wrote:

> Dear World and dynamic language lovers:
>
> The time has come for Pharo 9  !
>
> Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful
> environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback.
>
>
> Here are the key features of Pharo 9:
>
>
>- Full redesign of the Spec UI framework (new logic, application,
>style, GTK3 back-end)
>- New tools:
>-
>   - new playground,
>   - new object centric inspector,
>   - new object centric debugger.
>   - better and new Refactorings
>   - class comments are now written in Microdown format (Markdown
>   compatible)
>   - classes now can be defined using a "fluid" api (Preview)
>   - New completion framework that adapts better to edition contexts
>and is customizable
>- Fast universal non-blocking FFI which now uses libFFI as backend.
>- Pharo now supports Windows, OSX, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora,
>openSUSE, Arch, Raspbian) and multiple architectures (Intel/ARM 32/64bits).
>- Virtual Machine
>-
>   - Idle VM
>   - Support for ARM 64bits
>   - Support for Apple M1
>   - More than 3000 tests
>   - Built for Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10; Debian 9, 10,
>   Testing; Fedora 32, 32, 34; openSUSE 15.1, 15.2, Tumbleweed; Manjaro; 
> Arch
>   - Uses SDL 2.0 as back-end by default. It supports extended event
>handling, including trackpad support.
>- General speed up due to compiler optimisations and UI simplification.
>- And many, many more tests.
>
>
> These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as
> important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: around 1400 issues
> and 2150 pull requests.
>
> A more extended changelog can be found at
> https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo90ChangeLogs.md
> .
>
> While the technical improvements are significant, still the most
> impressive fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 9 image was
> contributed by more than 90 people.
>
> Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving a great
> community.
>
> We thank all the contributors to this release:
>
> Aaron Bieber, Ackerley Tng, Alban Benmouffek, Ale Cossio, Alexandre
> Bergel, Alistair Grant, Allex Oliveira, Angela Chia-Ling, Arturo Zambrano,
> Asbathou Biyalou-Sama, Ben Coman, Benoit Verhaegue, Carlo Teixeira, Carlos
> Lopez, Carolina Hernandez, Charles A. Monteiro, Christoph Thiede,
> Christophe Demarey, Clotilde Toullec, Cyril Ferlicot, Damien Pollet, Daniel
> Aparicio, David Bajger, David Sánchez i Gregori, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis
> Harris, Eric Brandwein, Eric Gade, Erik Stel, ErikOnBike, Esteban
> Lorenzano, Esteban Villalobos, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Ewan
> Dawson, Francis Pineda, Francis Pineda, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Geraldine
> Galindo, Giovanni Corriga, Guille Polito, Himanshu jld, Johan Brichau,
> Jonathan van Alteren, Jordan Montt, Julien Delplanque, Kamil Kukura, Kasper
> Østerbye, Kurt Kilpela, Laurine Dargaud, Marco Rimoldi, Marcus Denker,
> Martin Dias, Martin McClure, Massimo Nocentini, Max Leske, Maximilian
> Ignacio Willembrinck Santander, Milton Mamani Torres, Moussa Saker,
> Myroslava Romaniuk, Nicolas Anquetil, Norbert Hartl, Nour Djihan, Oleksandr
> Zaitsev, Pablo Sánchez Rodríguez, Pablo Tesone, Pavel Krivanek, Philippe
> Lesueur, Pierre Misse, Rakshit P., Rob Sayers, Roland Bernard, Ronie
> Salgado, Sean DeNigris, Sebastian Jordan Montaño, Serge Stinckwich, Stephan
> Eggermont, Steven Costiou, Stéphane Ducasse, Sven Van Caekenberghe, Thomas
> Dupriez, Théo Lanord, Théo Rogliano, Todd Blanchard, Torsten Bergmann,
> Vincent Blondeau, Wéslleymberg Lisboa.
>
>
> (If you contributed with Pharo 9 development in any way and we missed your
> name, please send us an email and we will add you).
>
> Enjoy!
>
> The Pharo Team
>
> Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download 
>
> Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation
> 
>


-- 
Russ Whaley
whaley.r...@gmail.com

[Pharo-users] Re: [ANN] Pharo 9 released!

[Sven Van Caekenberghe]

> On 15 Jul 2021, at 16:44, Russ Whaley  wrote:
> 
> Congratulations everyone on Pharo v9.  I love working in this immersive 
> environment.

Well said, congratulations to all contributors.

> On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 5:15 AM Esteban Lorenzano  wrote:
> Dear World and dynamic language lovers: 
> 
> The time has come for Pharo 9 !
> 
> Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful 
> environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback.
> 
> 
> 
> Here are the key features of Pharo 9:   
> 
>   • Full redesign of the Spec UI framework (new logic, application, 
> style, GTK3 back-end)
>   • New tools:
>   •
>   • new playground,
>   • new object centric inspector,
>   • new object centric debugger.
>   • better and new Refactorings
>   • class comments are now written in Microdown format (Markdown 
> compatible)
>   • classes now can be defined using a "fluid" api (Preview)
>   • New completion framework that adapts better to edition contexts and 
> is customizable
>   • Fast universal non-blocking FFI which now uses libFFI as backend.
>   • Pharo now supports Windows, OSX, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, 
> openSUSE, Arch, Raspbian) and multiple architectures (Intel/ARM 32/64bits).
>   • Virtual Machine
>   •
>   • Idle VM
>   • Support for ARM 64bits
>   • Support for Apple M1
>   • More than 3000 tests
>   • Built for Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10; Debian 9, 
> 10, Testing; Fedora 32, 32, 34; openSUSE 15.1, 15.2, Tumbleweed; Manjaro; Arch
>   • Uses SDL 2.0 as back-end by default. It supports extended event 
> handling, including trackpad support.
>   • General speed up due to compiler optimisations and UI simplification.
>   • And many, many more tests.
> 
> These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as 
> important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: around 1400 issues and 
> 2150 pull requests.
> 
> A more extended changelog can be found at 
> https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo90ChangeLogs.md.
> 
> While the technical improvements are significant, still the most impressive 
> fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 9 image was contributed 
> by more than 90 people.
> 
> Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving a great 
> community. 
> 
> We thank all the contributors to this release:
> 
> Aaron Bieber, Ackerley Tng, Alban Benmouffek, Ale Cossio, Alexandre Bergel, 
> Alistair Grant, Allex Oliveira, Angela Chia-Ling, Arturo Zambrano, Asbathou 
> Biyalou-Sama, Ben Coman, Benoit Verhaegue, Carlo Teixeira, Carlos Lopez, 
> Carolina Hernandez, Charles A. Monteiro, Christoph Thiede, Christophe 
> Demarey, Clotilde Toullec, Cyril Ferlicot, Damien Pollet, Daniel Aparicio, 
> David Bajger, David Sánchez i Gregori, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis Harris, Eric 
> Brandwein, Eric Gade, Erik Stel, ErikOnBike, Esteban Lorenzano, Esteban 
> Villalobos, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Ewan Dawson, Francis 
> Pineda, Francis Pineda, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Geraldine Galindo, Giovanni 
> Corriga, Guille Polito, Himanshu jld, Johan Brichau, Jonathan van Alteren, 
> Jordan Montt, Julien Delplanque, Kamil Kukura, Kasper Østerbye, Kurt Kilpela, 
> Laurine Dargaud, Marco Rimoldi, Marcus Denker, Martin Dias, Martin McClure, 
> Massimo Nocentini, Max Leske, Maximilian Ignacio Willembrinck Santander, 
> Milton Mamani Torres, Moussa Saker, Myroslava Romaniuk, Nicolas Anquetil, 
> Norbert Hartl, Nour Djihan, Oleksandr Zaitsev, Pablo Sánchez Rodríguez, Pablo 
> Tesone, Pavel Krivanek, Philippe Lesueur, Pierre Misse, Rakshit P., Rob 
> Sayers, Roland Bernard, Ronie Salgado, Sean DeNigris, Sebastian Jordan 
> Montaño, Serge Stinckwich, Stephan Eggermont, Steven Costiou, Stéphane 
> Ducasse, Sven Van Caekenberghe, Thomas Dupriez, Théo Lanord, Théo Rogliano, 
> Todd Blanchard, Torsten Bergmann, Vincent Blondeau, Wéslleymberg Lisboa.
>  
> 
> (If you contributed with Pharo 9 development in any way and we missed your 
> name, please send us an email and we will add you).
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> The Pharo Team
> 
> Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download
> 
> Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation
> 
> 
> -- 
> Russ Whaley
> whaley.r...@gmail.com

[Pharo-users] Re: [ANN] Pharo 9 released!

[Tim Mackinnon]

Nice work guys - I hadn’t realised it was going to be around now… looking 
forward to being able to try the new things out.

Tim

> On 15 Jul 2021, at 16:44, Russ Whaley  wrote:
> 
> Congratulations everyone on Pharo v9.  I love working in this immersive 
> environment.
> 
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 5:15 AM Esteban Lorenzano  > wrote:
> Dear World and dynamic language lovers: 
> 
> The time has come for Pharo 9  !
> 
> Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful 
> environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback.
> 
> 
> 
> Here are the key features of Pharo 9:   
> 
> Full redesign of the Spec UI framework (new logic, application, style, GTK3 
> back-end)
> New tools:
> new playground,
> new object centric inspector,
> new object centric debugger.
> better and new Refactorings
> class comments are now written in Microdown format (Markdown compatible)
> classes now can be defined using a "fluid" api (Preview)
> New completion framework that adapts better to edition contexts and is 
> customizable
> Fast universal non-blocking FFI which now uses libFFI as backend.
> Pharo now supports Windows, OSX, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, 
> Arch, Raspbian) and multiple architectures (Intel/ARM 32/64bits).
> Virtual Machine
> Idle VM
> Support for ARM 64bits
> Support for Apple M1
> More than 3000 tests
> Built for Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10; Debian 9, 10, Testing; 
> Fedora 32, 32, 34; openSUSE 15.1, 15.2, Tumbleweed; Manjaro; Arch
> Uses SDL 2.0 as back-end by default. It supports extended event handling, 
> including trackpad support.
> General speed up due to compiler optimisations and UI simplification.
> And many, many more tests.
> 
> These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as 
> important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: around 1400 issues and 
> 2150 pull requests.
> 
> A more extended changelog can be found at 
> https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo90ChangeLogs.md
>  
> .
> 
> While the technical improvements are significant, still the most impressive 
> fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 9 image was contributed 
> by more than 90 people.
> 
> Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving a great 
> community. 
> 
> We thank all the contributors to this release:
> 
> Aaron Bieber, Ackerley Tng, Alban Benmouffek, Ale Cossio, Alexandre Bergel, 
> Alistair Grant, Allex Oliveira, Angela Chia-Ling, Arturo Zambrano, Asbathou 
> Biyalou-Sama, Ben Coman, Benoit Verhaegue, Carlo Teixeira, Carlos Lopez, 
> Carolina Hernandez, Charles A. Monteiro, Christoph Thiede, Christophe 
> Demarey, Clotilde Toullec, Cyril Ferlicot, Damien Pollet, Daniel Aparicio, 
> David Bajger, David Sánchez i Gregori, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis Harris, Eric 
> Brandwein, Eric Gade, Erik Stel, ErikOnBike, Esteban Lorenzano, Esteban 
> Villalobos, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Ewan Dawson, Francis 
> Pineda, Francis Pineda, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Geraldine Galindo, Giovanni 
> Corriga, Guille Polito, Himanshu jld, Johan Brichau, Jonathan van Alteren, 
> Jordan Montt, Julien Delplanque, Kamil Kukura, Kasper Østerbye, Kurt Kilpela, 
> Laurine Dargaud, Marco Rimoldi, Marcus Denker, Martin Dias, Martin McClure, 
> Massimo Nocentini, Max Leske, Maximilian Ignacio Willembrinck Santander, 
> Milton Mamani Torres, Moussa Saker, Myroslava Romaniuk, Nicolas Anquetil, 
> Norbert Hartl, Nour Djihan, Oleksandr Zaitsev, Pablo Sánchez Rodríguez, Pablo 
> Tesone, Pavel Krivanek, Philippe Lesueur, Pierre Misse, Rakshit P., Rob 
> Sayers, Roland Bernard, Ronie Salgado, Sean DeNigris, Sebastian Jordan 
> Montaño, Serge Stinckwich, Stephan Eggermont, Steven Costiou, Stéphane 
> Ducasse, Sven Van Caekenberghe, Thomas Dupriez, Théo Lanord, Théo Rogliano, 
> Todd Blanchard, Torsten Bergmann, Vincent Blondeau, Wéslleymberg Lisboa.
>  
> 
> (If you contributed with Pharo 9 development in any way and we missed your 
> name, please send us an email and we will add you).
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> The Pharo Team
> 
> Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download 
> Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation 
> 
> -- 
> Russ Whaley
> whaley.r...@gmail.com 

[Pharo-users] Re: [ANN] Pharo 9 released!

[Samuel Teixeira Santos]

Awesome, comgratulations to all 🙌✌🥳🎉

[Pharo-users] Pharo 9 released - a brief experience report

[Yanni Chiu]

First, great work and thanks to all contributors.

Using macOS Big Sur version 11.4 on MacBook Air 2019...

1. In a new sub-directory "pharo9" (I was using a pharo8 directory, so
pharo9 is to keep things separate). In pharo9, I used "curl -L
https://get.pharo.org/64/ | bash" to get the latest release. Then I
ran ./pharo-ui to start Pharo. Very strangely, it was able to present
my pharo8 images to choose for opening. I quit without choosing any
image, then went looking to find out how it was able to find the
settings. In the course of that, I realized the default download had
got me the 8.0 release.

2. Then I used "curl https://get.pharo.org/90+wm | bash". The image
came up with a strange looking dialog across the top that indicated
freetype font lib's could not be loaded. I just proceeded and was able
to navigate somewhat. The Settings for fonts were completely absent. I
kept browsing, but more freetype font problems kept appearing.

3. I then compared the dylib's in the pharo-vm (what I had in pharo8)
vs. what I just got in pharo9 - very different lists. I copied the
libfreetype.6.dylib, libfreetype.dylib, and libFT2Plugin.dylib files
to the new vm, and then the Pharo9 image came up nicely.

4. I thought I was home free, and continued browsing. I happened to
look at the Pillar-Core code, and I got "Cannot locate
libcairo.2.dylib". Browsing a few other places did not show this
problem. That's it for now. I will try a bit more later, but I'm going
back to  Pharo8 for today.

Yanni Chiu