Marcus Denker wrote:
The question is what to do? Suggestions welcome.
For me, Squeak already has everything I need: -Smalltalk devt tools -a web app platform -connects to PostgreSQL
"Squeak" is too big. It needs to shrink, to grow.
I'd suggest 3.8/3.9 be the last 3.X release, and we start immediately on a 4.0 based on the Squat minimal image, with (possibly) the 64-bit VM.
If someone wants something to move forward, then they'll port it. The "Core" Squeak developers would provide a roadmap for things that seem to be "core", in a perhaps hopeless attempt to control the ensuing bedlam. After porting, stewardship of any packages that are deemed "core" would pass to the Core team.
For non-core packages, they would need to form their own community (maybe piggybacking on Squeak for a time).
--yanni