Re: [Help-smalltalk] [CFT] GNU Smalltalk 2.3.4 close to release

[Paolo Bonzini]

> > This tarball does include the recent testsuite improvements, but I'm 
> > still not sure whether I should merge them into 2.3.4 (if so, I should 
> > also write documentation for gst-load and gst-sunit before the final 
> > release).
>
> I don't think it's needed, unless you plan to support the 2.3.x series
> for a very long time.

I want to support it until 3.1 is ready (though I don't have a clue of 
what will be in 3.1!).  That means, probably, late 2008.  I want to make 
the conversion utility as smooth as possible, but I do need to support 
2.x for a short while after 3.0 is out.

In general, if the testsuite goes in, I'll backport from 3.0 some more 
functionality (including for example the Collection>>#from: changes) as 
long as it does not affect stability -- i.e. as long as I can just "make 
dist" and release.

Instead, if the testsuite does not go in, the series will probably end 
with 2.3.4 or 2.3.5.

Your results and Thomas's confirm that 2.3.4 would go out with a single 
bug (major, but applying to one platform only).  I'll backport patch-357 
and release.

Thanks to both!

Paolo