2011/9/22 Marcus Denker <[email protected]>

> Hi,
>
> There are two changesets waiting for integrating in 1.4 that have serious
> consequences:
>
> - Ephemerons. The VM level changes are in the Cog VMs build on Jenkins, but
> have not
>  been integrated in the VMMaker codebase.
>
>        http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=4265
>
> - Finalization code checks for #hasNewFinalization
>  This is true in the current VMs build in Jenkins, but in older VMs this is
> not in.
>
>        http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=4483
>
> There are two options:
>
>        a) integrate in
>        b) not integrate it
>
> a) means that the image runs on older VMs, too.
>

"runs" or "will not run"?
because if it runs, it is not a problem no?



b) means we accept that we can never improve anything for real.
>
> There will be more changes coming... e.g. imagine we have a Vector Graphics
> Canvas
> as some point next year... what will we do? use it or not use it to stay
> compatible?
>

In any case, I am in favor to go ahead and change.
Moreover, I am not sure it is a big deal here, since it will not impact
application code.
It will be probably different for the new Vector Graphics Canvas.

Luc


>
>        Marcus
>
>
> --
> Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de
>
>
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