On Dec 7, 2012, at 11:59 PM, Nicolas Cellier wrote:

> This is a long time since I did not contribute to Pharo, so I tried
> with something easy...
> http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=7108
> 
> I downloaded latest successful build,
> Pharo2.0a
> Latest update: #20433

I broke the last build by integrating progress bar changes… :(

> Then I updated the 5 methods from a MC merge, and...
> Err... I cannot type my initials ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H full name
> The dialog insists on selecting any letter I type and next letter will
> override the previous one.
> I finally published anonymously, that does not matter…

I thikn that this is the bug I introduced by merging cmaillo' code
I will rollback if it is not fixed.

> But you know the impact of a first bad UI  impression...
> It would ruin tons of efforts I know you spent cleaning the infrastructure.
> I believe such cleaning is very ambitious and rarely rewarding in the
> short term…

This is worse that than we use 2.0 everyday now sometimes we make mistake.

> But I'd really like to be more supportive, it's so essential for
> building the future.
> 
> So before ranting loud, I digged a bit further: could it be this
> warning I had at startup about obsolete VM, yes that was it!

No I know the problem: change 20432 and 20432

> So if you are episodic user like me :
> 
> ******** DON'T FORGET TO DOWNLOAD A PHARO SPECIFIC VM *************
> 
> I already spent way more time on this than I wished, hope my mistake
> helps someone else.
> ( over-estimating pharo planned obsolescence period is indeed a
> mistake ;) why would the VM be handled differently ? )

Because we need some specific changes for pharo.


> Last thing, maybe you should insist on the download page that 2.0
> REQUIRES a pharo specific VM.
> Not sure I would have read it, but then it would be entirely my fault.

Pharo 2.0 went beta thursday.



> 
> Nicolas
> 


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