[squeak-dev] ReleaseBuilder* -> 45Deprecated?

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Fri May 3 16:21:42 UTC 2013


On 2013-05-03, at 18:10, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course, but do they already?  I was just saying, I don't see any
> hurry to zap them into oblivion just yet.  But if Bert is fine then I
> guess go ahead.

They're not used, and the 45Deprecated package is a fine place for them :)

- Bert -

> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 3 May 2013 02:14, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> So I would like to turn ReleaseBuilderFor4dot5 into the one and only
>>>> ReleaseBuilder, delete the old 3.11-4.4 builders, ...
>>> 
>>> I totally agree with the above.
>>> 
>>>> ... and put
>>>> ReleaseBuilder(Nihongo|Squeakland) into a separate package, loaded in
>>>> during the release process but otherwise not in Trunk. (In other
>>>> words, they go the same route as XML-Parser, Universes and so on.)
>>> 
>>> One thing I've been hoping for is a re-convergence of some of the
>>> previously-forked Squeaks back into trunk and made into loadable
>>> packages.  Etoys, for example.  That project could possibly benefit by
>>> getting image fixes and an improved base image (based on trunk).
>>> Squeak obviously benefits by having more neat, externally loadable
>>> packages available.
>>> 
>>> So, while those packages themselves need to stay out of trunk, those
>>> communities might need some sort of customization scripts to deploy
>>> the image that their users expect.
>> 
>> 
>> Indeed. I'd expect Etoys to have their own EtoysReleaseBuilder in
>> their package list.
>> 
>> frank
>> 
> 



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