Testing Squeak in Ubuntu - Dapper Drake.

Bryce Kampjes bryce at kampjes.demon.co.uk
Thu Mar 23 22:25:46 UTC 2006


Damien Cassou writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > I would like to help with ubuntu and squeak. I have a breezy and a
 > dapper on my system.
 > 
 > 
 > Dapper is the amd64 version but I can change if it is needed for the
 > tests. It seems the virtual machine does not exist for amd64. What can I
 > do to help you ?

The key thing is to test the install for the 32 bit install. The
idea is to make sure that what's in the dapper release should
just work. The key audience is teachers and people who're not yet
sold on Squeak but will try it out if the packages work cleanly.

Just install 32 bit Dapper and try to install Squeak, think about how
the install works if you're not a knowledgeable Squeaker. Talk to the
Ubuntu packagers on #ubuntu-motu and explain to them what needs to be
done so it will work.

We owe this opportunity to Hilaire and the others who've convinced the
Ubuntu people that Squeak's a great educational platform. What we need
to do now is make sure that the Ubuntu packages do work for normal
people. This is the Ubuntu mission and they're a friendly helpful
crowd. All that you need to do is to test their Squeak packages and
then explain to them how it works if there are problems.

Bryce



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