On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc. wrote:

> Perhaps I need to start all over again, from scratch and try to  
> build up a development image again from the original and this time  
> try to avoid getting any errors while filing in the packages I want  
> from the Package Universe Browser.  I find that thing so very hard  
> to use though -- it doesn't seem to create any audit trail to help  
> me remember what I've selected by hand, and I can't seem to toggle  
> things off if I've accidentally toggled them on, and it's way of  
> displaying the list is very cumbersome for the number of items in  
> the list.

It's a fairly recent tool.  I get the feeling it is under-supported.   
Are these packages available to you on SqueakMap, with the added  
caveat of having to manage dependencies manually?

I too have found myself building up an image using Universes, trying  
packages one-by-one and if one fails I have to start all over.  It  
does not seem production-ready, and it is beyond me to know why.  Its  
interface is indeed lackluster.  I have given up on using it*.  The  
problems it causes when there is an error seem to be so close-to-the- 
core as to create entirely unusable images.

*I have had good luck, though, with the Seaside-related packages.   
Perhaps this is because they are high-visibility and thus get more  
attention.

- TimJ