[squeak-dev] The Trunk: System-fbs.641.mcz
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Sat Dec 14 04:31:19 UTC 2013
On 12.12.2013, at 15:05, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> That is a really great site. I was able to find it in under 30 seconds:
>
> ============
> "Change Set: loadUpdates-mir
> Date: 4 March 2005
> Author: Michael Rueger, Goran Krampe
>
> Change the auto start mechanism's update loading to suggest loading updates in a release image.
> If the preference #updateFromServerAtStartup is set (it would be in a release image) the user is prompted if he/she wants to check for updates. There is now a third option to disable that option for later starts."
> =========
>
> So, this actually provides some good context -- they wanted to make it as easy and obvious as possible for first-time users to ensure they get the latest bug fixes the first time they start the *release* image. In that context, and with the "Don''t ask again" option, this makes some sense..
Yes, we had auto-update, isn't that amazing? ;) It's from a time when Squeak was synonymous with Etoys.
Also, this had to run very early, before the sandboxing was enabled after loading a project. After entering sandboxed mode there is no way to save the image anymore.
- Bert -
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