The main credits go to Guille and Pablo. My role in this was very tiny. -- Pavel
2017-08-01 12:35 GMT+02:00 Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com>: > Hi Pavel > > This is super excellent! IMPRESSIVE. An image without the compiler and > a reloadable compiler. > Super cool. > > Stef > > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Pavel Krivanek > <pavel.kriva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > we are checking a huge pull request #177 > > (https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/177) that will change some > > basics of the bootstrap process: > > > > Now we will bootstrap a smaller image that will not include > compiler/parser. > > Compiler and related packages are exported and loaded using a binary > > exporter named Hermes. > > The compiler is then used to load FileSystem and Monticello. The rest of > the > > bootstrap process will be the same as before. > > As the result we will have faster bootstrap and better system > modularization > > and possibilities. > > > > It required some modularization efforts: > > > > - simplified initialization scripts > > - Use Zinc converters and encoders instead of FilePathEncoder and old > > TextConverter > > - Use Stdio instead of FileStream > > - Using File instead of FileSystem > > - Deprecated FileStream & childs (Moved to Deprecated70) > > - Extracted Path classes to their on package: FileSystem-Path > > - Moved OpalEncoders to their own package. They are required by the > runtime > > (not only for compilation) > > - Introduced AsciiCharset in the kernel to answer to #isLetter > #isUppercase > > and so on without requiring full Unicode tables from the beginning > > - Cleaning up a bit the full exception logging infrastructure (streams, > > transcript, files, stack printing...) > > - Split Ring methods required for system navigation to the > Ring-Navigation > > package > > - Remove usages of #translated in the kernel > > - Refactored the bootstrapping classes to remove duplications > > - Cleaning up dependencies in CompiledMethod>>printOn: > > - fix path printing > > > > We need to merge these changes at once and of course it can cause some > > conflicts with the existing pull requests or external code. Anyway, we > need > > to merge it as soon as possible. > > > > So please, try to look at the PR and test the resultant image [1] to > avoid > > some major problems. > > > > [1] > > https://ci.inria.fr/pharo/view/7.0/job/70-PR-Check-Load/ > lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bootstrap-cache/Pharo7.0-32bit-9c0691d.zip > > > > Cheers, > > -- Pavel > > > >
