[squeak-dev] [ANN] Connectors for Squeak 4.2

Germán Arduino garduino at gmail.com
Mon Dec 6 22:15:44 UTC 2010


Excellent Chris! Connectors are a great piece of code that we don't
need to miss.

2010/12/6 Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com>:
> I am pleased to announce that Ned Konz's original Connectors has been
> updated for Squeak 4.2, is now available on SqueakSource under the
> "Connectors" project.
>
> I went through every method override from the Connectors 3.8 version and either:
>
>  - gave it back to Morphic or EToys packages, because it was
> identical to the current 4.2 method
>  - updated or integrated the 4.2 method, because the Connectors
> version was improved
>
> After doing this we are down to just 3 methods in Morphic that are
> overridden after loading Connectors and 2 in EToys.  Of course it
> would be nice if someone can figure a way to unify these last 5 but
> even so, it is much better than dozens of method changes.
>
> Connectors was originally deployed as a SAR file, and imported several
> bitmap images into the Image Imports of Squeak.  However, I do not
> believe these were used or, if they are, can be loaded separately.
> Connectors provides very useful functionality without those bitmaps,
> so we should be able to employ Monticello as Connectors SCM tool going
> forward.
>
> I have given the SqueakSource project world read and update, but
> reserved admin rights to myself, Bert, and anyone else who requests
> it.  I believe this is a good approach for our small community by
> balancing easy contribution with control.
>
>  - Chris
>
>



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