On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Marcus Denker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:41, Marcus Denker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:33, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is very cool. But I need to ask the tough question - given that the > feature freeze was three weeks ago, what do we gain by adding this in Pharo > 4? > > * Is it needed for demonstrations that won't be based off latest features > in Pharo 5 ? > > * Are third party libraries expected to be based only off Pharo 4 MetaLink > features, rather than additional MetaLink features it sounds like Pharo 5 > will get ? > > which means this slice should not impact anything > > > Because "should" being the operative word... is a slippery slope. If we > have a philosophy of freezing features before a Release, then we should > have the discipline to hold to that - at least in last 7 days before > Release. > > > Yes, maybe we should postpone it… releasing is boring, I have to admit :-) > > I will revert the change in the visitor… this way we are sure that we do > not get any problems. > > > https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15207/Undo-compiler-change-from-case-15196 > > I am really looking forward to that in Pharo5… it is (one of my) largest > mistakes that after my PhD I did not focus on > getting Reflectivity into Pharo… it is still amazing, even 5 years later, > I think. (but I am biased ;-) > > Marcus > > Thanks Marcus. It sets a good example for everyone (including me). Anyway, its a nice bit of honey to draw more people to follow the Pharo 5 trunk ;) cheers -ben
