[squeak-dev] Winds of change
Giuseppe Luigi Punzi
glpunzi at lordzealon.com
Fri Feb 6 13:54:17 UTC 2009
We have elections soon.
I'ts time to think about the project. What we search? What new
developers search?
I think, probably, Squeak, needs a refactoring on the ideas behind. The
people thath wants etoys, use etoys image. Croquet uses his own image.
Now, at the moment (2009), I'm 90% sure, the people thath go to
squeak.org, and get the latest Squeak, now, are developers searching a
good smalltalk (something similar to VW but opensource I means) to use
in their projects, not the use of Squeak as multimedia, or something
similar. I know this for all spanish people ask me about Squeak, or
developers "going out the list" searching Pharo, an approach to the
things I say.
I like the idea about a console squeak (like GST) with the objects
living in memory, but not dependent of the "World", launching the actual
Squeak World as an object (I don't know if is the actual behaviour, I
only dream) if you want, or launching something like VW (or Dolphin)
working over TK or GTK or WxWidgets or technologys like XUL
instead.....I like the idea of an UI Painter....I like the idea of all
Squeak tools running over web too..well, this idea don't like it very
much :)..but I don't have the skills for all of this, for this I offer
the ideas. But most important, is the community has vote for this
things. The community needs to stay informed about the movements. I
think, this, is the right direction.
I don't know what you all think, but IMHO, it's the moment to get a new
Squeak 4 from zero, trying to preserve the core classes, with new ideas
and ambitions.
I don't like very much the idea about all list hating me, but, after
this mail, I know you hate me :P
P.D.: Yes, probably, I'm crazy too.
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