Giovanni Corriga <giovanni at corriga.net> writes:
> The problem with things like Etoys is that they're highly coupled with
> the rest of the system, and part of the system depend on it. For
> example, trying to remove Etoys triggers an emergency evaluator in
> Squeak 3.9RC2. As I see it, if we want to remove Etoys (and either let
> it rot in absence of a mantainer or turn it into an installable
> package), those couplings would become bugs for the other package
> mantainers.

I agree with most of the thread.  Let me toss in, though, I am not
convinced that EToys being intertwined is necessarily a terrible
thing.  EToys is a lot of what makes Squeak, Squeak.

You cannot unload the processes module from the Linux kernel.  This is
not a bad thing, because processes are part of what makes Linux, Linux.

Also, keep in mind that all the Squeakland people are vitally
interested in EToys.  There are ETosy-based text books, for goodness'
sakes.

I do agree that at least one steward for EToys needs to be identified,
if there is not one already.  Try probing on the Squeakland mailing
list, if nothing else.


-Lex