Hi Chris,

I want to try out your „repository editions“ feature in a current trunk image. However, I can’t find it. If I select SimpleBorder>>#initialize in a browser there is a menu item called „browse revisions“. However, when I select it I get an empty Revisions Browser. What am I missing?

Cheers,
Bernhard

> Am 25.11.2016 um 03:40 schrieb Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com>:
> 
> "repository editions" is finally permanent!   This function formerly
> known as "mc history" appeared in 2013, but was clunky and unreliable
> and I didn't have time to fix it.
> 
> Now with the recent server upgrade, I took the opportunity to upgrade
> the image to modern trunk, running under spur, with integration of the
> editions feature from directly within the image.  It is now finally a
> permanent part of our source.squeak.org code repository.  (Go ahead,
> try it!)
> 
> It self-hosts its own code within our "ss" project.  This is the exact
> same code loaded by the Personal Squeaksource package.  Together can
> provide editions for ALL code (trunk and proprietary).
> 
> The 'mc history' menu was recently renamed to "browse repository
> editions" because its only "history" if its retrieving them from the
> trunk repository.  It selects from the first repository in the
> repository list of a package which can satisfy the editions request,
> so if you put inbox above trunk then you'll be looking at a list of
> "alternate editions" of that method (or class) existing in the Inbox,
> not the "history" from trunk.  The new "demote to bottom" menu item
> can be used to adjust the order of the list.
> 
> Nicolas wrote:
> 
>> so you mean that we now browse all editions, including those which are not
>> in current MC version ancestors:
>> - those in concurrent branches
> 
> Yes.  And, I think this was always supported (when it worked!) -- In
> the server there is one big dictionary per Project (e.g., one for
> "trunk", one for "VMMaker", one for "inbox", etc.).  The editions you
> see in the list are instances of MCMethodDefinition or
> MCClassDefinition which are keyed simply by their #description -- so
> for method editions this is {className. selector. classIsMeta}, and
> for class editions, simply its (class) name.  Its valued by an
> OrderedCollection of all the editions.   (hmm, that key might be too
> loose..)
> 
>> - those in other packages (if the method was moved from one package to
>> another)
> 
> So, yes, as long as the other package is in the same repository,
> they'll still be keyed by their same #description's.
> 
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2016, Hans-Martin Mosner wrote:
> 
>> Looks like there is a regression with raised and inset borders. The method #initialize in SimpleBorder sets baseColor to
>> ... snip...
>> 
>> Levente, the method is from April 2016 and carries your initials - do you remember what the motivation for this change was?
> 
> I'd been wanting encourage Hans-Martin to test this real-world use
> case for "browse origin" for the last weeks, now we finally can!   :)
> 
>  1) Bring up SimpleBorder, select the #initialize method.
>  2) Select "browse repository editions", a window with two editions
> is presented.
>  3) Select the one being asked about, "ul 4/7/2016 20:10" and select
> "browse origin".
> 
> NOTE:  "browse origin" is actually just "the earliest-known Version in
> which that definition appears."  If a proper repository with all
> versions is kept, then it will be the origin.
> 
> In this case, it appears Levente wrote very good "why" reasoning in the notes.
> _____
> The timeouts should all be fixed.  Our code repository has never been
> in a better shape than now.  Please feel free to use browse repository
> editions and origins with confidence they will work!
> 
> Cheers!
>  Chris
>