[squeak-dev] Re: package universes, sake/packages, (first time) user experiences, etc.

Keith Hodges keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Dec 5 21:50:01 UTC 2008


Igor Stasenko wrote:
> 2008/12/5 David Mitchell <david.mitchell at gmail.com>:
>   
>> Pharo is active and producing the Smalltalk that I always wanted.
>>
>>     
>
> - there is no human resources to support bloated image(s) by single
> team, and i hope that Pharo guys understand this clearly and never
> turn back to strategy of maintaining big-fat bloated images. It should
> be clear, where ends Pharo and where starts package(s) developed and
> maintained by independent developers/teams.
>   
Well said that man!

+10

Keith
> - i think that somewhere in crosshatching Pharo and Spoon lies a golden spot:
>   - having well integrated old-style image (Pharo)
>   - but also be very agile/modular (Spoon).
>
> - IMO, first and ultimately , squeak needs better modularity to move on.
> - only when we solve the first problem, it would be much easier to
> come up with better integration solutions (packaging tools)
>   
My point exactly - watch this space




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