Wow! This is impressive indeed.
Doru > On Aug 1, 2017, at 12:35 PM, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >> > -- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com "Speaking louder won't make the point worthier."
