Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-12-04 Thread p...@highoctane.be
Question: how long to drop the slice into the inbox? On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:51 AM, EuanM wrote: > Hi Steph, > > As a newcomer, here is my experience with my first bug-fix: > > I wrote the fix in about 5 minutes. > > It then took several weeks to get the big-fix accepted

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-12-04 Thread Marcus Denker
We are quite fast in integrating the last weeks (even months). *Reviewed* fixes get integrated within hours, and I try to review as much as I can if others do not. To me this sounds like a fix to some other project on SmalltalkHub. T The thing here is that this is like gitHub: if a random Java

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-12-04 Thread EuanM
There were two issues - one was lack of handover of packages in the Catalog. The other required a reboot of Smalltalkhub On 4 December 2015 at 09:54, Marcus Denker wrote: > We are quite fast in integrating the last weeks (even months). > > *Reviewed* fixes get integrated

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-12-04 Thread stepharo
We do need more ease of integration with other software. I agree Normally we should have spur by next wednesday * 64 bit * OS Process made easier. Mariano did you started to work on that? * FFI not requiring a PhD Yes. * Being able to use Pharo with normal text based tools (like

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-12-03 Thread EuanM
Hi Steph, As a newcomer, here is my experience with my first bug-fix: I wrote the fix in about 5 minutes. It then took several weeks to get the big-fix accepted because of issues with the repository and, separately, with bitrot in the list of maintainers. On 30 November 2015 at 16:52, stepharo

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-12-02 Thread stepharo
True help closing bug Build a great library Buidl a cool software Stef Le 30/11/15 04:44, EuanM a écrit : We also need to concentrate on building our community. We build a better platform faster if we have more people. We build a more valuable platform if we have a wider range of valuable

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-30 Thread philippe.b...@highoctane.be
We do need more ease of integration with other software. * 64 bit. * OS Process made easier. * FFI not requiring a PhD * Being able to use Pharo with normal text based tools (like mount an image like a filesystem). * Full integration with trendy tools. e.g. MongoTalk missing GridFS, sharding, HA.

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-30 Thread EuanM
Tudor, the email that you replied to, saying the discussion should be closed down, was specifically about the impacts on our community and how to leverage them. Welcoming is, as welcoming does. On 30 November 2015 at 11:20, Tudor Girba wrote: > Hi, > > Increasing the

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-30 Thread EuanM
We also miss a critical mass of warm bodies. Funing is very nice, don;t get me wrong. But in the absence of funding we need to be even more smart about gaining, and retaining enthusiast volunteers. On 30 November 2015 at 20:45, philippe.b...@highoctane.be wrote: > We

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-30 Thread Tudor Girba
Hi, Increasing the community is certainly important, and we welcome any action that anyone would want to undertake in this direction. However, talking about the future of Java does not fall in this category. Cheers, Doru > On Nov 30, 2015, at 4:44 AM, EuanM wrote: > > We

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-27 Thread Tudor Girba
Hello everyone, Please stop this thread on this mailing list. We need to focus on building a great platform. Cheers, Doru > On Nov 27, 2015, at 10:05 PM, EuanM wrote: > > First of all - is this true? Where can we read about it? > > I cannot find anything about this at >

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-25 Thread Casimiro - GMAIL
Em 25-11-2015 17:21, Nicolas Anquetil escreveu: > > > On 25/11/2015 19:55, Jimmie Houchin wrote: >> Much truth in what you say. However, what Oracle choose to invest its >> money, time, personnel resource into Java does affect its present and >> future. It has a great affect. But it isn't the

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-25 Thread Nicolas Anquetil
On 25/11/2015 19:55, Jimmie Houchin wrote: Much truth in what you say. However, what Oracle choose to invest its money, time, personnel resource into Java does affect its present and future. It has a great affect. But it isn't the whole story. Java has enough momentum in what already exists

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-25 Thread Jimmie Houchin
Much truth in what you say. However, what Oracle choose to invest its money, time, personnel resource into Java does affect its present and future. It has a great affect. But it isn't the whole story. Java has enough momentum in what already exists in the language and vm and what has been

[Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-25 Thread S Krish
*Opportunities.. for Pharo..* *The email, sent to InfoWorld on Tuesday by a former high-ranking Java official, claimed to feature details from inside Oracle. It said the company was becoming a cloud company, competing with Salesforce, and “Java has no interest to them anymore.” The subject line

Re: [Pharo-dev] Java Future

2015-11-25 Thread Dimitris Chloupis
Clickbait ! ClickBAIT ! Let me remind you that bloggers have been declaring Java dead for over a decade now. Java still goes strong and is the undisputed king of Enterprise coding no other language can even remotely touch it, mainly because of its huge powerful library made for big