[squeak-dev] Andreas projects on SS

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Thu Feb 13 17:02:12 UTC 2014


OK, I will not change anything.
Dave

> Dave and Ron,
>
> I'm sorry, I just think it's *wrong* to remove or move packages away
> from where Andreas left them.
>
> The most proper way to address this is to create a new project (on
> SS3) and update the SqueakMap catalog entry to point to that one.
>
> The second most-proper way is to add Ron as a *developer*, NOT an
> admin.  Or, even open it up for public contributions so that new
> versions can be ADDED, but not deleted, move, or otherwise molest the
> original project structure and code in any way.  It's an ARCHIVE.
>
> We're dealing with MIT-licensed code, which means anyone, anytime, can
> start up a new copy of a project somewhere else and fork it or
> whatever.  We cannot rely on "one true place to find all code".  We
> rely on catalog.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:27 AM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>
> wrote:
>> Ron,
>>
>> Sorry I did not see your message before posting my other response. I do
>> have access to squeaksource.com server, and I think that adding you as
>> administrator to Andreas' projects would be entirely appropriate.
>>
>> I'm embarrassed to say it, but I don't actually know how to get admin
>> access to a SqueakSource server the "right way". No doubt there is an
>> admin user ID of some sort, but I never bothered trying to figure it
>> out.
>> I'm sure I can figure it out by looking in the image, so I'll do that as
>> soon as I can (but maybe not for a couple of days).
>>
>> Other people on the box-admins list have similar access to the
>> squeaksource.com server and the image, so if someone else wants to do
>> this, please feel free.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Göran Krampe
>>>>
>>>> On 02/13/2014 04:12 PM, Frank Shearar wrote:
>>>> > On 13 February 2014 14:40, Göran Krampe <goran at krampe.se> wrote:
>>>> >> Hi guys!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Ok, so while messing with SqueakSSL I note that Andreas has a bunch
>>>> >> of projects on SS, of which only he is admin AFAICT. SqueakSSL and
>>>> >> WebClient may be of strongest interest I guess.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> There is a WebClient on SS3 too (haven't checked if it has
>>>> >> additions), but AFAIK neither of these two are on Smalltalkhub.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> So... I was wondering if we should:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> - Just gain access to the repos on SS (but SS...)
>>>> >> - Just copy over into a new repo on StHub or SS3
>>>> >> - Delete old repo or just let it be and potentially confusing
>>>> people?
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What do you think?
>>>> >
>>>> > Check the vm-devs archives, or just talk to Ron Teitelbaum. I can't
>>>> > remember what the solution was, but there is a post-Andreas solution
>>>> > to managing the codebase
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The real issue is that I don’t have access to Andreas' repositories
>>> to
>>> help maintain them.  Could someone add me as an Administrator on SS for
>>> Andreas' projects?
>>>
>>> I can be trusted to maintain them properly.  Once we have access we can
>>> update code, make notes and / or move packages.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Ron Teitelbaum
>>>
>>>> Well, I work with Ron so I talked to him first :) - but it seems that
>>>> thread didn't
>>>> come to any conclusion on this actually.
>>>>
>>>> Ron is fine with "moving" - I just want the move to be clear to
>>>> everyone,
>>>> otherwise its a mess and people will run "old stuff" and don't see
>>>> that
>>>> there are
>>>> maintained versions and so on.
>>>>
>>>> And either way (deleting, changing description, uploading a blocking
>>>> mcz) to mark the project as old needs access.
>>>>
>>>> regards, Göran
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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