[squeak-dev] EToys in the Trunk

Stéphane Rollandin lecteur at zogotounga.net
Sun Sep 4 17:05:56 UTC 2016


> I missed most of this discussion, but I would like to say that I think
> that Hannes has it exactly right. The work can and should be done in trunk,
> and it is important that the result should ultimately be unloadable and
> reloadable.
>
> The timing also seems right to me. The work is being done in trunk early
> in the release cycle. This should provide the opportunity to achieve a
> reloadable Etoys in time for a next Squeak release.
>
> As long as the package is fully reloadable, the decision as to whether to
> include Etoys in our next release can be made later, as part of the release
> planning process. Near term, the trunk image will be larger, but if we
> elect to unload Etoys for a next release then the resulting image should
> be smaller than before.
>
> I think it would be great if both Etoys and Scratch were easily loadable
> and unloadable in trunk. Scratch is already being successfully developed
> as an external package compatible with trunk, which suggests that we should
> ultimately be able to do the same with Etoys. Others have mentioned that
> we need better tools to support this, and I agree.
>
> Dave
>

+1 to all of the above

Stef


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