[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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