Update stream loading from SM/Monticello (was Re: [FIX]
SUnit-combined-md)
Colin Putney
cputney at wiresong.ca
Thu Feb 12 14:57:45 UTC 2004
On Feb 11, 2004, at 4:27 PM, Avi Bryant wrote:
> But the update stream still defines the "version" of the image as a
> whole, and is likely to continue to do so for a while anyway. I think
> there's value in being able to describe the base state of someone's
> image (before any packages they've loaded themselves) as a single
> integer. What I'd like is for that integer to imply "has updated to
> version X of package Y" as well as "has loaded changeset number N".
> That means getting packages into the stream.
Yes, there is value in that.
But the update number will describe less and less as time goes on. This
an unavoidable consequence of modularization, so I think we're better
off not trying to avoid it. I seem to be the only one who thinks so,
though, so I'll shut up about it.
Colin
More information about the Squeak-dev
mailing list
|