> I have already said it several times. Most of the people don't care how > nice, fast, clean, open source and well programmed is the Pharo Core image > if they cannot use the Dev or Web image.
This is what I am telling for years already. I don't know how other people think about this, but to me it feels very embarrassing to have to advertise my own way of building images over and over again? Here is it again: I am using the scripts <http://code.google.com/p/pharo/wiki/ImageBuildScripts> to get from a Pharo 1.0rc1 a fast and stable development and deployment image. The image loads a well tested and fast OB, a working and well tested refactoring engine, working syntax highlighting, working code completion, and several other tools I use daily and that I cannot work without. I am not telling it is bug free, but with my personal workflow I can use it without getting interrupted by bugs all the time. And when I encounter a bug, I fix it. I don't think that somebody can build a stable distribution without using it 12 hours daily. Have a look at PharoCore, it is only rock solid because Stef is using it all day long to integrate fixes. Have a look at Squeak Trunk, it only sees improvement because Andreas is using it all day long. Have a look at Debian, Gentoo, ... Lukas -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
