Hi...

Andreas Raab wrote:
> Folks -
>
> Here is the latest from the unloading front. In addition to the 
> packages that could be un- and reloaded the last time around, namely:
>
>> - ReleaseBuilder, ScriptLoader
>> - 311Deprecated, 39Deprecated
>> - Universes, SMLoader, SMBase, Installer-Core
>> - VersionNumberTests, VersionNumber
>> - Services-Base, PreferenceBrowser, Nebraska
>> - CollectionsTests, GraphicsTests, KernelTests, MorphicTests
>> - MultilingualTests, NetworkTests, ToolsTests, TraitsTests
>> - XML-Parser, Traits
>
> we can now also un- and reload:
> - SystemChangeNotification-Tests, FlexibleVocabularies
> - EToys, Protocols
> - Tests, SUnitGUI
>
> I decided on an intermediate approach for Tests namely to move all of 
> Files-Tests, Compiler-Tests, System-Tests, Monticello-Tests etc. into 
> the Tests package which removed the ClassTestCase dependency.
>
> With the amount of packages removed, we're also starting to get into 
> "more interesting" ranges for the size of the resulting images. 
> Compare these numbers for example:
>
> Image Version        Classes        Methods
> Cuis 2.0        644        17442
> Squeak Unloaded        1330        33564
> Squeak Regular        1951        43906
>
> The great news is that we're roughly halfways on our way towards a 
> kernel the size of Cuis. I'm hoping that as things get smaller we can 
> find common ground such that Cuis + MC + M17N = SqueakCore (or 
> something close to that). 

Great job, Andreas!

Using Cuis as the base for Squeak would be fantastic. I'll be happy to 
help from the Cuis side.

> FWIW, here are the largest packages after removal:
>
> Package                    Classes      Methods
> Morphic                        185         6925
> Kernel                          86         3509
> System                         120         3204
> MorphicExtras                  126         2856
> Graphics                        57         2257
> Collections                     89         2196
> Tools                           50         1724
> ST80                            66         1509
> Monticello                      97         1439
> Network                         61         1360
> Sound                           54         1234
> Compiler                        53         1151
> Multilingual                    92         1051
> Files                           18          509
> Balloon                         22          462
> Compression                     28          436
> ToolBuilder-Kernel              20          317
> SUnit                           16          311
> TrueType                         9          209
> ToolBuilder-Morphic             12          173
> ShoutCore                        4          143
> Exceptions                      40          141
> PackageInfo-Base                 4          133
> MonticelloConfigurations         6          122
> ToolBuilder-SUnit               12           80
> ToolBuilder-MVC                  3           57
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich