[squeak-dev] Installer metacello

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Thu Apr 30 18:55:11 UTC 2020


On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:37:30PM +0200, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
> Let's make it more concrete. I prefer sprinkle "Installer ..." calls in the system compared to "Metacello new". Here are some examples:
> 
> - Adding a menu entry to the world menu such as "Git browser (click to install)"
> - Adding a list entry to the preferences wizard's "install extra packages" page such as "installOSProcess"
> 

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Regardless of the outcome of this discussion, please note that Metacello
should not be used to install OSProcess/CommandShell. Nothing against
Metacello, it is just not appropriate for this case.

Thanks,
Dave

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