SqueakMap crashes in 3.10 beta.7158
Andreas Raab
andreas.raab at gmx.de
Thu Nov 1 06:26:27 UTC 2007
Brian Brown wrote:
> Hi Chris - I think you are missing one of the main points of the
> Universe model. Universes do not pick the "most recent version of
> anything. A particular universe has pointers to specific code packages,
> i.e. specific mcz files which represent one and only one version of that
> piece of code. There is nothing dynamic about it, so it is really like a
> freebsd port or debian package - you have to have specific version of
> the dependencies that port or package needs, not just the "latest".
That is *definitely* not true. The code in
UUniverseBrowser>>allPackagesNeededToInstall:orIfImpossible: explicitly
uses the *latest* version of a package; the basic loop goes like this:
package depends do: [ :depName |
"... some code omitted for brevity ..."
(universe hasPackageNamed: depName) ifTrue: [
packagesToConsider add: (universe newestPackageNamed: depName)
].
and #newestPackageNamed: does just what it says:
newestPackageNamed: name
| potentials sorted |
potentials _ self packagesNamed: name.
sorted _ potentials asSortedCollection: [ :p1 :p2 | p1 version < p2
version ].
^sorted last
> "Guaranteed to work together" means that the author of the Universe has
> ostensibly tested that the specific package versions in that Universe do
> in fact work together. Since it is NOT grabbing "the latest code", that
> is a claim a Universe can make.
Given the above, how can it?
Cheers,
- Andreas
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