SM+MC hooks (was Re: [ANN] Graph)

goran.krampe at bluefish.se goran.krampe at bluefish.se
Thu Jul 15 09:12:18 UTC 2004


Avi Bryant <avi at beta4.com> wrote:
> 
> On Jul 14, 2004, at 5:38 AM, goran.krampe at bluefish.se wrote:
> 
> > - Add a repository field to SMPackage (maybe to the release, but... 
> > nah)
> > - Add a menu choice "open repository".
> >
> > Avi, sounds useful? Other hooks into the loader? Anything for
> > SqueakSource perhaps?
> 
> Yeah, definitely useful.  And if both repository and PackageInfo are 
> set, the loader can set up the repository automatically before even 
> installing the package - which would fix, for example, the problems Lex 
> had with Chuck (so, dependent packages would be found easily).  Add the 
> field, and I'll be happy to work with you on the loader part.

Yeah, good. It has been on my list anyway (a repo field).

> It probably *should* be on release and not package, though, since you 
> might well have different release coming from different sources - or 
> even have a "development" repository vs. a "published" repository.

Yeah. :)
 
> Avi

regards, Göran



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