[squeak-dev] Squeak vision

Göran Krampe goran at krampe.se
Wed Jul 1 14:49:11 UTC 2009


Juan Vuletich wrote:
> Colin Putney wrote:
>> ... (lots of good stuff snipped)
>>
>> What I'd really like to see is a linux-like model for Squeak. The SOB 
>> should be responsible for maintaining the VM, a minimal bootstrapping 
>> image, and a set of core libraries. These, in turn, should be made 
>> available to "distributions" like Pharo, Cuis, Squeakland. There would 
>> probably also be "invisible" distributions used by comercial entities. 
>> A lot of development work would happen in the distributions and get 
>> pushed back upstream, but significant projects like compiler changes, 
>> closure support, Spoon etc. could be organized by the SOB.
> 
> If this is achieved, Cuis is no longer needed as a distribution.
> Instead, I suggest considering Cuis as the starting point for the 
> minimal image / core libraries.

Ah... that would indeed be an interesting route. I will surely take a 
look at Cuis!

regards, Göran




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