[Seaside-dev] Load failure of Seaside3 into Squeak 5.2alpha

[tim Rowledge]

> On 2018-11-11, at 6:30 AM, Max Leske <maxleske at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tim, Tobias,
> 
> I've let this issue lie around after the change to Squeak website and I'm not entirely sure if I need to do anything more. Tim, is this still an open issue for you?

I've run test loads just to see how it works for me now. Again, Squeak 5.2, RaspberryPi.

SqueakMap - dead easy; update the list of course. Pick Seaside. Click install.
I see it was even updated yesterday. Starts loading metacello etc. Loads Seaside. No problems. Web browser connects immediately. A+++ would install again.

Github, as pointed to by the https://squeak.org/projects/  page, where it points on to https://github.com/SeasideSt/Seaside page, where it points to https://github.com/dalehenrich/metacello-work, which points to https://github.com/dalehenrich/metacello-work where finally it tells me to 'Installer ensureRecentMetacello.'
Ok, that starts metacello loading. Wait a while. Oh, yes, go back to the github page for Seaside, copy & paste
 'Metacello new
baseline:'Seaside3';
 repository: 'github://SeasideSt/Seaside:master/repository';
 load'
Seaside control panel is *not* helpfully initialised and the only 'adaptor' offered (a WATestServerAdaptor) does not appear to allow a browser to connect. The SqueakMap install provides a helpfully usable WAWebServerAdaptor.
C - would like to whine at vendor about delivery options.

'Quick Install' as pointed to by the https://squeak.org/projects/  page - where one is advised to use the same metacello incantation as above, but not given the nice simple 'Installer ensureRecentMetacello.' advise. In fact the metacello quick install on the same page is quite different, a bit confusing and possibly now out of date. Further, the project page is, as mentioned above, pointing to the wrong github and potentially worse, it is anchored such that you won't see the advice to jump to the current github page unless you scroll around.
D - offputting confusion and possible incorrect code loaded by following advice. Complain to credit card company and demand refund.

Looks like some improved stuff in the project & quick install texts are needed, probably something improved in the githup load script, and correcting of the links to the metacello github stuff. But the SM part is just clickalicious!

tim
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