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

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 04.09.2009, at 16:15, Timothy Falconer wrote:

> On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>
>>
>> On 04.09.2009, at 15:27, Timothy Falconer wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:37 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 31.08.2009, at 18:52, Yoshiki Ohshima wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> One question that wasn't resolved during the ed meeting was, where  
>>> should we put it?
>>>
>>> The general consensus was to put it in "Basic" in the object  
>>> catalogue, since "Particles" was there.
>>
>> Not a good idea.
>>
>>> Some disagreement about what the word basic meant:
>>>
>>> basic = general ?
>>>
>>> basic = easy ?
>>>
>>> basic = fundamental ?
>>
>> Simple and fundamental, that's what I'd put in Basic, yes.
>>
>>> basic = I can't figure where else to put it ?
>>
>> I guess that might have been the case with Kedama.
>>
>>> We might think of another category for both Kedama & Dr Geo and  
>>> future "deep stuff".
>>
>>
>> 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?

Open a ticket.

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

Why not simply "Fun"? These are not really games. Not pure fun either  
of course. It's hard to label stuff accurately.

- Bert -