[etoys-dev] What about shipping DrGeo in Etoys?

[Timothy Falconer]

On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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> On 04.09.2009, at 15:27, Timothy Falconer wrote:
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>> On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:37 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
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>>> On 31.08.2009, at 18:52, Yoshiki Ohshima wrote:
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>>>> Timing wise, I think that the inclusion should happen right after
>>>> the "September release".  What do others think?
>>>
>>>
>>> The education team has just given their okay to include it:
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>>> http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/2009/09/03/education+team+meeting+September%2C+3
>>>
>>> What I remember of the DrGeo code is that it is a clear add-on and  
>>> should not interfere with the rest. So it should be fairly safe to  
>>> include even at this point, provided it happens really soon and  
>>> gets at least some testing.
>>>
>>> Hilaire, you would have to prepare a change set we can push to the  
>>> update stream, very soon. Please attach it to the ticket I created  
>>> (couldn't find a previous one):
>>>
>>> http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-324
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>>
>> One question that wasn't resolved during the ed meeting was, where  
>> should we put it?
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>> The general consensus was to put it in "Basic" in the object  
>> catalogue, since "Particles" was there.
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> Not a good idea.
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>> Some disagreement about what the word basic meant:
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>> basic = general ?
>>
>> basic = easy ?
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>> basic = fundamental ?
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> Simple and fundamental, that's what I'd put in Basic, yes.
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>> basic = I can't figure where else to put it ?
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> I guess that might have been the case with Kedama.
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>> We might think of another category for both Kedama & Dr Geo and  
>> future "deep stuff".
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>
> Agreed. I'd propose "Advanced" but I think categories are sorted  
> alphabetically ...


While we're on the subject, I've always had a problem with "Just For  
Fun".   Could we change that to Games?

The word "Just" next to "Fun" seems against the spirit of Etoys.