On 24 nov. 05, at 00:46, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

> Nice summary - thanks for posting! :)
>
> I might add a few things:
>
> * Toolbuilder should not be necessary for using either Monticello  
> or MCConfigurations
> * the "upgrade" installation method is the most useful to me, it's  
> smart about not clobbering versions that are newer in the image
> * I use "upgrade" with the #upgradeIsMerge preference enabled,  
> which lets me maintain my own local "branch" of a package while  
> still staying in sync with the "official" version
> * upgrading via config maps from an mcd-enabled SqueakSource server  
> is many times faster than loading individual mzc packages, because  
> the server builds a binary patch that is applied to the image  
> without any snapshotting/diffing
> * a configuration can be put in a global variable, then every day  
> just say "MyConf updateFromRepositories; upgrade", or say "MyConf  
> browse" to change it

What we never understood with marcus is why there was not a classVar  
or ClassVar dict to store configs.

Stef