[ANN] New installation procedures for Magma

[Mariano Martinez Peck]

Chris, can you provide an image that already has Magma (client and server)
loaded ?  kind of one-click, but with just an image is enough
It would be very useful for newcomers.

thanks

mariano


On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Facundo Vozzi <facundov79 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Very cool!!
>
> I'm going to test it soon.
>
> Thanks you Chris,
> FV
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Chris Muller <ma.chris.m at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I am pleased to announce new packaging and configuration for the
>> upcoming Magma 1.2 release, as well as future releases.
>>
>> About MaBase
>> ------------------
>> Magma requires several prerequisite packages.  These are now all kept
>> in a SqueakSource project called "MaBase".  This is the base-layer for
>> all projects from Muller Automation, such as Magma, Maui, Ma client
>> server, Banyan, and others, and includes packages up-to and including
>> "Ma object serialization".
>>
>> SqueakSource
>> -----------------
>> The source code for Magma is still hosted on SqueakSource under the
>> "Magma" project.  Thanks to new load-scripts, I no longer need to
>> duplicate the base-layer packages in this squeaksource project.
>>
>> Good-bye, MagmaTester
>> -----------------------------
>> "MagmaTester" has nothing to do with the the Magma test cases; it was
>> just a sort of "Inbox" where Magma contributors could place their
>> submissions.  But there hasn't been a lot of activity from others in
>> that project so, unless there is objection, I intend to delete the
>> project.
>>
>> Load-scripts
>> ------------
>> Installing Magma is now similar to other projects, by using a
>> load-script.  These load-scripts are documented in SqueakMap, and
>> allow the same one-click loading convenience that has always existed
>> (or, at least, intended!) for Magma.
>>
>> These scripts are more robust than what I have been using, because
>> they allow loading of specific configuration of packages known to work
>> together, as well as the latest code.  And, when loading the latest
>> code, (a.k.a., the "head" release), it does so in a fashion just like
>> the Squeak trunk update mechanism; it merges into the image without
>> overwriting any local changes, allowing collaboration to occur.
>>
>> For more details, please see:
>>
>>  http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2657
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
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