Hi all!

I am trying to keep up with all this so bear with me here.

If I understand this correctly Monticello has it's own format that can
not be loaded without Monticello being installed (sounds fair) and can
also export a package in simple .st format - but such a file can only be
filed in normally without any of the nice Monticello functions, unlike
DVS which could do "intelligent" installation of a .st file. Right?

First of all - is it really that important to be able to install a
package in an old Squeak? If you want to cater to old Squeaks - why not
simply offer a .st fileout too? An old Squeak wouldn't know how to do an
intelligent upgrade of an installed package anyway.

Regarding silently installing packages: NO. Please NO. I know that
people are sick of me talking about the upcoming SM but we should NOT
install prereqs silently. And we should NOT have such logic in
loadscripts. But I know - as long as SM1.1 isn't here people are allowed
to cheat. Just don't get used to it.

And finally: What should I do? It sounds like I should add installation
support in SM of course. If someone has an SMInstaller whipped up I am
happy to receive it. Otherwise I can possibly fudge it myself.

Monticello is still listed as Beta so I don't think we shiuld include it
in Squeak 3.6 "Basic". People will just need to install it first.

regards, Göran