> Thanks for the explanation, Camillo. > > The crux of the matter is the point about the FileSystem primitives and > NativeBoost. > The test itself is misleading as it only seems to check a date and then > declares VM's too old. > Maybe it should test for the primitives, if that is possible.
Well indeed we could check if the FS primitives return an array containing all information we need. The date itself might be a bit brittle, but since the other VMs don't have a parseable date it should fail there, mission accomplished, though with dubious tests, I agree ;) > Also the warning 'Too old' should be changed to 'Does not contain the > necessary primitives to run Pharo' if I understand correctly. If it's too old, what do you do? you go and fetch a newer VM ;). So I would say the implied actions are ok, especially for newcomers, but there should be more details indeed.
