Webteam February 2006

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Suggestion for Squeak Website
by Brigham Brown 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Squeak Team, I like the look of your website and am interested in trying Squeak. At http://www.squeak.org/Features/, I noticed that in the second bulleted list, the first item should be "Dynamically Typed", not "Dynamicly Typed". Brigham Brown

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[ANN] SmallWiki-stable release
by Samir Saidani 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Hi, I've just posted on squeakmap a stable release of smallwiki for Squeak 3.6 only, which is basically the same one used for www.squeak.org. This release is a "one-click" install - "ready for contribution" release both for users and developers, which means that you don't need to bother about dependencies. The unstable one - called Smallwiki - is for Squeak 3.7 and 3.8. This unstable one should probably be renamed Smallwiki-unstable (sorry, don't have the login/pass to do it - Lukas ?). Users : just install this version and follows the instruction in the smallwiki readme. Developers : install this version, you will see on monticello all packages from which smallwiki depends (NamedServices, KomHttp and so one). The repository is in global read/write access, so you don't need to ask for permission to contribute to smallwiki. So please consider that this is a great responsability : you should read carefully the "how to contribute" proposal (www.squeaksource.com/smallwiki1). Please post to the smallwiki list for any comments. The current smallwiki-stable release is based on the Chris port version 0.9.23-6 whereas the unstable one is based on 0.9.53. Developers - bis : How to keep the "one-click" installation both for developers and users ? Answer: When releasing a new SW version, we should for the moment update the modified package plus its dependent packages - maybe there is a way to automate (TODO) that through MCConfiguration but I don't know how to do that. For instance, a modification of SmallWiki-Kernel implies a dependency update of SmallWiki-Parser + SmallWiki-Stable. Thanks ! Samir

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Suggestion for Squeak Website
by Bob Arning 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Hi, I encountered a couple of issues downloading the latest Squeak for MacOS and thought you might want to mention them on the download troubleshooting page. The first is that the downloaded file name was longer than 31 characters and got truncated. It took me a little while to realize that was the problem and to rename it to something that would work. I understand MacOS can have longer file names, but perhaps some folks (like me) haven't figured out that part. The second is that, once I got it unstuffed, Squeak would launch and just show a blank white window. Nothing happened when clicked or typed. I found an older VM 3.7.5b3 which seems to work just fine. BTW my MacOS is 10.1.5. Cheers, Bob

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News on first page
by goran＠krampe.se 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Hi folks! Added a small News section (or re-added, it was there before the "crash") with an entry about the election. Also added links to Planet Squeak, but not in the boxlet on the right - dunno how to do that (or rather, I forgot). These changes are on both www and wwwtest. I took the liberty of publishing them immediately. Question: Should the News section be on the very top? It might otherwise not be noticed and since it is very small it makes sense to me. IMHO we could keep it small, with only the most important news items (like new Squeak releases etc) and maximum 3-4 entries. A feed that has been discussed (with typically many more entries) should IMHO be in a boxlet or at the bottom of the first page - but then it gets a bit too long. regards, Göran

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Mantis projects for www.squeak.org and Squeak 3.8
by Marcus Denker 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Hello, Michael and I added two Projects on the mantis, and afterwards I remembered that I should have asked you both groups before doing that... sorry. We can of course delete them if you don't like it. 1) Squeak 3.8 Bugs do get fixed in 3.9, but it's impossible to let the bugs then open in Mantis for beeing then maybe fixed in 3.8, too (or not). Thus there is now a dedicated Project, where all bugs will be moved that are 3.8 only, and where those reports can be copied to that are fixed in 3.9 but would make sense to be fixed in 3.8, too. 2) squeak.org We had a category www.squeak.org for that... but somehow I felt that this deserves it's own project. We have over 300 items on mantis for 'Squeak', and it gets kind of unmanagable if we don't subdevide, I fear. What do you think? Marcus

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squeak.org home page - election news
by Brad Fuller 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Karl, You mentioned in a previous msg that you were trying to put a "News Box" beneath the main box. Have you had any success? I think it would be nice to have "Current News" at the top of the squeak.org homepage. (Right! I think I mentioned this before... if so, I'm repeating myself!) When people visit squeak.org they would be presented with a view of activity in the Squeak world right at the top of the page. They would also see that Squeak is alive and kicking. The current election news is a good example. Maybe there is a way to automatically get a feed from the news teams: "Weekly Squeak"? If they had a consistent location (is there one?), maybe we could get a feed? I found two locations for Weekly Squeak: http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/5752 http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/5740 The RSS "Light Version": http://people.squeakfoundation.org/person/gcorriga/rss.xml what do y'all think? brad

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Changing the site
by Jason Rogers 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

When changing anything on the site please remember to use the Snapshot tool (last link on the toolbar, under the header banner). I just snapshot'ed it but the last snapshot was on January 31. This is a precaution to make sure we don't lose data again (until we have time to get something better in place of course). -- Jason Rogers "Where there is no vision, the people perish..." Proverbs 29:18

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Your site has por#* links
by Joseph Finley 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Web Admin, Please check your documentation page links. One of the tutorials (the bank account) points to an adult site: http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeakdoc/11 The others do not work. Just an FYI before you get some real complaints about it. Joe Finley

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Suggestion for Squeak Website
by Gerald Leeb 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

Hi Squeakers! I hope you can help me: It's a long time ago since I developed and played with Squeak. I missed the time to update my Swiki Page (http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/ Squeak/1980) and now the email address is obsolete. Can you help me to update my page because it is protected and I don't know the username and password or do you know the moderator/ administrator? I could not find a hint at the Swiki Site. If you are able to change it directly can you please link to http:// g-24.net instead of leeb(a)anecon.com. Thank you in advance. keep smalltalking and happy squeaking! Gerald

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