On Sat, Apr 06, 2019 at 02:42:23PM -0500, Chris Muller wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 11:28:46PM -0500, Chris Muller wrote:
> > > Hi Dave, we're discussing how to integrate these tools into the IDE
> > > more elegantly.  I'd like to hear your thoughts on how we can do that.
> > > So far, after much discussion, FIVE proposals* have made it to the
> > > table, at least one of which is good with both Jakob and I.
> > >
> > > 1. Tools or Apps menu.
> > > 2. Extending the System workspace
> > > 3.  SqueakMap
> > > 4. "ensureMetacello" at the top of README's.
> > > 5. Include all of it in trunk
> > >
> >
> > I explained my preference in the last email. You can also find it in
> > the inbox as System-dtl.1059.
> 
> a.k.a., Hannes' proposal 0.

Yes.

> 
> Just curious, why the class check?  MCFileBasedRepository is a
> permanent resident in Squeak, and its just encoded in a String so it
> doesn't create unwanted package dependency, so...?

You're right, it's not a real dependency. It would only fail at runtime,
which would be fairly self-explanatory. So maybe the class check should
not be done here.

Dave