Squeak-Linux package: A problematic signal

Lex Spoon lex at lexspoon.org
Thu Aug 23 22:04:52 UTC 2007


Heiko Schroeder <heikos28 at volny.cz> writes:
> it is not the problem that I can get Squeak running under Linux. But think 
> about interested users or even programmers who want to get a glimpse of 
> Squeak 3.9.8 according to decision which environment is best -- and of course 
> newbies as well --  what will they get? 

I agree, Heiko.  I have fixed many of the issues you describe, but the
fixes are only in the Debian packages of Squeak, not in Ian's upstream
release.  In particular, I worked hard so that you can install easily
and just type "squeak" to get started.  Matej Kosik continued that
process as of a little over a year ago.

I believe there is room for a community-maintained version of Squeak
on Unix.  It would serve as a nice complement to Ian's release, which
would remain the proper choice for people who want only code that has
been reviewed by one of the best Squeakers around.

-Lex





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