[racket-dev] version 5.3.5 release, ready for testing

Thanks Laurent and oev. I have pushed some repairs. -- Matthias



On Jun 17, 2013, at 6:21 AM, Laurent wrote:

> Here is some feedback. I did not read the book, so please ignore whatever is meaningless.
> 
> Tested on (uname -a):
> Linux UX31A 3.8.0-23-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 29 20:22:58 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 
> Ubuntu 13.04
> 
> Drracket starts, no problem. Games could run without major problem.
> 
> Just some typos and minor comments:
> 
> chapter2/source.rkt and chapter5/source.rkt :
> "you uessed it".  -> "guessed"
> 
> Chapter 5:
> guess game:
> quit with q does not close the frame (maybe normal?) and has the same behavior as =.
> 
> ufo:
> The ufo "crashes" in the bottom of the frame. May be better if it "lands" properly?
> Check-syntax is activated, but does not handle non-pure text files, and thus displays an error message. Might be confusing for a beginner?
> 
> Chapter 6:
> source.rkt:
> qiuckly -> quickly
> "BUG? << --" to be removed?
> 
> Chapter 8:
> n does not start a new game
> 
> Otherwise, looks like a lot of fun! I wish my teachers had used RoR for teaching us PLT Scheme ;)
> 
> If anyone likes to play Dice of Doom, it has an improved version to which many hours of my PhD studentship got lost:
> http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice.html
> 
> Laurent
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> 
> A candidate release v5.3.5 is ready for testing at
> 
>    http://pre.racket-lang.org/5.3.5/
> 
> I have downloaded, installed, and played with the bundle on Mac OS X 10.8 w/o a hitch.
> 
> Could I ask for volunteers to check the bundle on Windows, older Macs, and *nix boxes?
> 
> Timeline: We'd like to release tomorrow or Tuesday.
> 
> Thanks -- Matthias
> 
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