Squeak 3.6 distributions names (was Re: Should SUnit be part of Basic?)

Daniel Vainsencher danielv at netvision.net.il
Fri Jul 4 00:29:46 UTC 2003


The Full image is indeed intended to be suggested for newbies by the
download sites.

Daniel

Noury Bouraqadi <bouraqadi at ensm-douai.fr> wrote:
> 
> 
> Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:34:44PM +0200, nbo at ensm-douai.fr wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>This thread makes me remember a discussion I had with somebody about Squeak
> >>distribution names. If I rember well, the plan is to have two distributions a
> >>big one with all/most of packages/modules/projects and a small one.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Actually, three (eventually): Minimal, Basic, and Full.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>That's fine for me. My point here is about naming. I think that the full image
> >>should be the one to be downloaded by newbies or people that just want to
> >>discover what is Squeak. This is why I think it should be named "default".
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I actually like the other names better, as they are more descriptive than "default".
> >  
> >
> I agree that these names are descriptive. And we should keep them. But, 
> my suggestion is to tag the full distribution as default. This would 
> help people who are new to squeak to choose the distribution to start with.
> 
> Noury
> 
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