Monticello 2 alpha release

stéphane ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Fri May 5 08:53:16 UTC 2006


*****THANKS ***** colin.
I think that after managing Squeak with MC for a while, we touched  
some limits :)

Stef

On 5 mai 06, at 08:10, Colin Putney wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> After all the interest at Monticello 2 at Smalltalk Solutions, I  
> figure it's time to get it out there for people to play with. It's  
> alpha quality with all the usual disclaimers that go along with  
> that: don't use it for code you don't want to lose, and don't use  
> it in images you can't afford to throw away.
>
> That said, there is some interesting stuff here. This is a  
> completely new implementation - it shares no code with Monticello  
> 1. Some of the features of the new model:
>
> - method level history
> - class extensions that can include variables
> - easy partial merges
> - better performance
> - better scalability
> - more compact repositories
> - atomic updates
>
> So far the user interface is... spartan... so not all these  
> features are accessible yet. Features still to be implemented:
>
> - tracking of class and variable renames
> - versioned change sets
> - finish the user interface
> - networked repositories
>
> You can download the installer from the URL below. I've created a  
> SqueakMap entry, but I can't seem to create a release, so it's a  
> manual file in for now.
>
> http://www.wiresong.ca/static/releases/MDInstaller.1.st
>
> Naturally, documentation is forthcoming, and feedback is appreciated.
>
> Colin
>




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