Michal wrote:

>hi all - 
>
>I'd like to announce an early alpha version of a dependency-resolution
>system for squeak packages. It has now reached the stage where it
>passes tests for multiple dependencies, conflicting dependencies,
>circular dependencies and dependencies limited to a particular
>distribution/universe. I have also succesfully loaded packages into a
>fresh Squeak, with prerequisites automatically taken care of.
>
>To see it in action, load Kabungu from SqueakMap in Squeak 3.7 or 3.8.
>For best results, also load Monticello. Then:
>
>   1. install SmallBlog
>
>      by opening the 'SqueakMap Package Loader' and choosing 'install'
>      in the menu for SmallBlog (or by evaluating: Kabungu current
>      install: 'SmallBlog'). Installing SmallBlog will ask you if it
>      is ok to install the YAXO prerequisite, and if yes, it will
>      download and install both packages. Note that
>
>   2. install Seaside
>
>      it will ask you which 'web server' you want to install, since
>      Seaside depends on a web server. If you choose KomHttpServer,
>      Kabungu will detect that there is a chain of dependencies
>      Seaside -> KomHttpServer -> KomServices -> Dynamic Bindings, and
>      will ask you if it is ok to install all of these. If you agree,
>      it will download and install them. There is some hitch about
>      some older dependency on gk.1 -- that's a bug in the packaging
>      of comanche)
>
>   3. install VMMaker in a 3.7 image and in a 3.8 image.
>
>       note that in 3.8 it will install version 3.8b3 while in a 3.7
>       image it will automatically attempt to install version 3.7b6
>       (but the VMMaker for 3.7 seems somewhat broken).
>
>I haven't entered the dependencies for any other package, so (1-2)
>above are the only cases that will work for now. I will enter more
>dependencies soon - if you want an easy way to help, send me
>dependencies for packages you care about by filling in the
>#basicDependencies method.
>
>Obviously this is an early version with rough edges everywhere and
>many functionalities missing (the result of a couple of days of
>coding), but looking at the previous discussions of dependencies on
>this list, I think that the design of Kabungu satisfies most of the
>points raised there.
>
>I will try to post a description of its general design shortly, in the
>meantime enjoy!
>
>Michal
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I was going to test this but:
The install option is not present in the SMLoader menu.
Karl