On 7 March 2013 22:23, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Tobias,
>
>> 2) It is not the simple case that there are just 2 releases, say development
>> and deployment, it is more like Feature selection, however this leads to
>> release explosion. I will now, just from memory try to recall possible combination
>> that in this scenario would qualify as an independent release:
>>
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, RSS
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, RSS
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, Email, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, Email, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, RSS
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, RSS, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, RSS, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, RSS, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, RSS, Email, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Base, Fcgi, RSS, Email, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, RSS
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, RSS
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, Email, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Comanche, Fcgi, RSS, Email, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, RSS
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, RSS, Email
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, RSS, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, RSS, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, RSS, Email, Scriptatcoulus
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 Development, Fcgi, RSS, Email, jQuery
>> • Seaside 3.0.3 One-click
>
> Instead of having so many "releases" of Seaside, would it be possible
> to just have one SM entry for Seaside Base and then, as separate SM
> entries, Seaside Development, Fcgi, RSS, Email, jQuery, etc?  Each
> which would be smart enough to load Seaside Base automatically if it
> wasn't already.  Metacello is declarative so the users "feature
> selections" should be able to be made any time, regardless of the
> pre-state of the image.
>
> I understand a new release of "Seaside" may usually include changes to
> all of those "feature" packages but there is no way around that --
> it's just a few minutes of work per package.

Arg, I meant to say something yesterday. In Ruby, the big web
framework is Rails. It has oodles of add-ons that someone might want.
They package all these bits and bobs in separate gems. Want jQuery?
Install jquery-rails. So for Seaside, ConfigurationOfSeaside installs
just the core; if you want Scriptaculous, install
ConfigurationOfScriptaculous, and so on. Each of these will, thanks to
the magic of Metacello, fail to reinstall the base Seaside because
it's already there, and install the extra widget you need.

frank