On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:20:23PM +0200, Craig Latta wrote:
> 
>      Bert writes:
> 
> > ...that "squeak" script should pick the interpreter or cog depending
> > on the image.
> >
> > In fact, Linux users shouldn't even need a separate VM download, but
> > simply use their package manager to download the VM compiled by their
> > distro. Providing competing packages is working against the distros,
> > rather than with them. There is a clear separation of
> > responsibilities: developers provide source code, distro maintainers
> > provide binaries... We just tell the folks to install the "squeak-vm"
> > package from their distro.
> >
> > *Additionally* we can provide pointers to alternative VMs, and Cog
> > should be on top of the list (advertised as a high-performance VM),
> > but I see no value (though some harm) in repackaging these. I'd make
> > a link to Eliot's directory and advise folks to get the latest. And a
> > pointer to squeakvm.org for all the other VMs... We are also working
> > on getting Cog into the distro's Squeak VM packages, which takes
> > time. But eventually this will play out and is the better long-term
> > strategy.
> >
> > ...How does that sound?
> 
>      Seems exactly right to me.
> 

+1

Sounds absolutely right to me as well, with the small caveat that we don't
yet have an agreed way to make the "squeak" script work. But that is just
a problem that we need to solve, not a reason for not doing it. What Bert
describes is exactly right.

Dave