[self-interest] Self 4.4 Alpha 1 Release

[Russell Allen]

Hi John,

I've put a source tarball up and a link from the Downloads page at 
http://selflanguage.org.

The other option is to clone the Git repository at GitHub - 
http://github.com/russellallen/self/tree/master

The 4.4.alpha1 tag corresponds to the tarball.

Best,

Russell

John Leuner wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>  > so I've put together an
>  > initial alpha to get things moving.
> 
> Is there a source tarball for this alpha release?
> 
> John
> 
>  > Download it from selflanguage.org
>  >
>  > What we have is:
>  >
>  > - Working MacOS X VM with installer
>  > - Working Linux x86 VM
>  > - Freshly built Clean.snap
>  >
>  > Currently missing is:
>  >
>  > - an updated Demo.snap
>  > - Sparc and Intel Solaris VMs. I don't have easy access to a Sparc
>  > machine and would greatly appreciate it if someone who does could
>  > help
>  > out. It would be a great pity to have to abandon Self's first
>  > platform!
>  > - release documentation, notes etc.
>  >
>  > Please read the short ReadMe file!
>  >
>  > Unfortunately the Snapshot and MacOS X VM form a pair; you can't open
>  > Clean.snap in a 4.3 VM so be wary if you already have a 4.3 VM on
>  > your
>  > system that your Mac doesn't try to use it instead of the new one.
>  > How
>  > to handle VM versioning is a subject I'd like to discuss with anyone
>  > with experience in it.
>  >
>  > This is an initial alpha and hasn't been tested. Everything is up for
>  > change including distribution methods, packaging etc. Please comment
>  > and try out; in particular please sing out if the Linux VM doesn't
>  > work
>  > on your distro.
>  >
>  > Best,
>  >
>  > Russell