[ANN] 7061 = Squeak 3.9 final

Serge Stinckwich Serge.Stinckwich at info.unicaen.fr
Tue Sep 26 07:18:27 UTC 2006


tim Rowledge a écrit :
> Well I've just downloaded this and I'm very disappointed. I appreciate 
> how much work is involved and how many sleepless nights it must have 
> caused Marcus and Stef but....
> 
> This simply isn't an image to release to the general public. The two 
> Workspaces need to be edited and de-typo'd.
> 
> There are now two preferences tools, neither of which handle font 
> settings or display setings. If one is going to replace an old tool with 
> a new one it ought to noticeably improve upon it. And, of course, 
> actually *replace* it.
> 
> Why is a package of omnibrowser included but not, so far as I can tell, 
> hooked up to use? Not to mention it appears to be non-functional; on my 
> machine (a very fast dualcore mac) I opened an OBSystemBrowser with 
> #openOnClass: Object, pressed the 'hierarchy' button and got bored after 
> more than a minute of waiting for a new browser.
> 
> What are
>     Morphic-Models
>     39Deprecated
>     FlexibleVocabularies-Info
>     ScriptLoader
> there for?
> 
> It may be a good start but it really isn't ready to be a new release. 
> Just pushing something out because you're bored or tired or along time 
> has passed is not sensible. All it does is make more, nastier, work later.
> 

Yes you are right, this is not a polished version, but i see more this 
version as a good start for Squeak distributions (squeak-land, 
small-land, s...) who could add more bells and whisles (documentation, 
specific examples and tools, ...). This is not for end users. No end 
users download the last Linux kernel, only developpers or real hackers 
would like to do that.

Look for example as the excellent work of Damien with the squeak-dev 
image for developers here : 
http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st/seaside/pier

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