[squeak-dev] SystemReporter

Alexander Lazarević laza at blobworks.com
Wed Jan 19 13:27:10 UTC 2011


Absolutely no objections from me. ;)

Thanks for your help Dave. I wasn't sure how to proceed.

Alex


2011/1/19 David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>

> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 03:14:20PM +0100, Alexander Lazarevi?? wrote:
> > Although in a feature freeze I would like to add the following as the
> first
> > entry of the "How to extend the system" workspace:
> >
> > "Install and open a SystemReporter. You can use this information when
> > sending out bug reports"
> > (Installer ss project: 'SystemReporter') install: 'SystemReporter'.
> > (Smalltalk at: #SystemReporter) open
> >
> > In the light of the upcoming releases and new VMs I think it would be
> > valuable to have something to easily identify a system and the
> environment
> > it's running in.
>
> Are there any objections to the following actions:
>
> - Copy latest SystemReporter from SqueakSource to trunk, and add it to
>  the configuration map for trunk.
>
> - Add an "About this System" menu pick in TheWorldMainDockingBar help
>  menu to invoke a SystemReporter (if and only if class SystemReporter
>  is present in the image), and remove the loading instructions from
>  the "Extending the system" workspace.
>
> - Add package SystemReporter to the list of packages removed by
>  #unloadAllKnownPackages.
>
> The result of the above changes would be that SystemReporter will be
> a readily accessible menu pick for all users, and will be a fully
> unloadable and reloadable package so as not to contribute to image
> bloat.
>
> If no objections, I will commit the changes to trunk in a day or so.
>
> Thanks to Alex for this enhancement.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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