MC and version are version control systems like SVN, CVS, Darcs, etc.  
Universes, as I understand them, are like the packaging systems found on 
Debian, RedHat, etc.


>From: stephane ducasse <stephane.ducasse at free.fr>
>Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers 
>list<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>To: The general-purpose Squeak developers 
>list<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>Subject: Re: Need for universes (was Re: The Weekly Juan #9: "An upd)
>Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 21:37:46 +0100
>
>universes are not a package mechanism. They are useful when a release  is 
>made and they act as an extra tag to identify
>set of components working together. We will meet lex soon and see how  we 
>can help so that damien squeak-dev image is based on universes.  However 
>Universes are not a replacement for mc and version, but I  think you know 
>it.
>
>Stef
>
>
>On 7 mars 07, at 20:23, J J wrote:
>
>>That's ausome.  I think having a good packaging system will help us  avoid 
>>getting into this mess again in the future.
>>
>>
>>>From: "Edgar J. De Cleene" <edgardec2001 at yahoo.com.ar>
>>>Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list<squeak- 
>>>dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>>>To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list<squeak- 
>>>dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>>>Subject: Re: Need for universes (was Re: The Weekly Juan #9: "An upd)
>>>Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:47:49 -0300
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>El 3/6/07 4:17 PM, "J J" <azreal1977 at hotmail.com> escribió:
>>>
>>> > This is a place universes could help.  If ever application  usable on
>>> > 3.9/10/whatever were in universes, then Juan could install them  all 
>>>and
>>> > click the "test" button to see if anything breaks.
>>> >
>>> > This is also applicable to what Ralph was saying earlier about  the 
>>>fear that
>>> > fixing one bug may cause another.
>>>
>>>
>>>The 3.10 is planned to have Universes in the base image.
>>>
>>>When user download it, could have a complete Universe to play ,  starting 
>>>of
>>>World :=)
>>>
>>>Edgar
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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