Let's consider changing how we track issues (was Re: [squeak-dev] Mantis usage rules du jour)

radoslav hodnicak rh at 4096.sk
Mon Feb 25 13:26:07 UTC 2013


On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:

> PS: Off-topic but IMHO important. I started replying to this email
>     7:30 AM and got stuck at the installation instructions and now
>     I send this mail at 1 PM;
>       I, sadly, have to conclude: Installing a proper development
>     image for Seaside on Squeak is still a mess.
>       I was the one who provided the Squeak Seaside image for Squeak 4.3
>     but currently I see myself completely unable to set up Seaside for
>     Squeak 4.4.
>     Just some random notes to relieve me:
>     • Installing Seaside need Metacello.
>     • Then somehow trying to install Seaside: do it wrong and Boom: Zinc
> is missing
>       and completely unavailable for Squeak
>     • Bootstrapping metacello needs Omnibrowser basics
>     • The Omnibrowser verison for Squeak as in the
> ConfigurationOfOmnibrowser is
>       completely broken. Remember the not working buttons? still there.
>     • First installing OmniBrowser via Coiln’s script and then loading
> anything via
>       Metacello that depends on OB: boom
>     • First installing Omnibrowser via Metacello, then loading via Colin’s
> script:
>       no boom, but conflicting Classes. need to remove OB-Morphic
> manually...
>     • at _that_ point I gave up.
>

I haven't tried this recently but Lukas' scripts for building images at
https://github.com/renggli/builder/tree/master/scripts don't use Metacello
and I have used this method to load Seaside in the past (replacing Gofer
calls with Installer).

rado
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