Hi all,


according to the activity of this thread, there seems to be a rather great demand for a solution to this problem indeed.


Do I hear that it could be an option to make SqueakMap support different repository sources as well? Only theoretically, would this only require to change some URLs and SM already works with Metacello repositories, or would it be necessary to write a larger amount of adapter logic between both components?


> I would also extend the idea with being able to upgrade the VM and dlls within it, but for now that should be on the back burner.


>From my perspective, developing an updater for every host system would be a larger task, considering the different application registries for Windows, Linux, etc. ... Wouldn't it be simpler to put the VM into the different stores, i.e. Windows Store for Windows, apt for Linux etc.?


> So keep going, This is an excellent direction.

Just to be clear, at the moment this was only a question arisen from curiosity. :-) My list of interesting Squeak projects is already long enough to fill a couple of years, it's all about prioritization ... :-)

Best,
Christoph

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Von: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org>
Gesendet: Sonntag, 13. September 2020 01:28:54
An: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
Betreff: Re: [squeak-dev] Squeak needs a third-party package updater



> On 2020-09-12, at 3:22 PM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Just to be clear, SqueakMap is not a VCS but a portal.  Since it's just a database of Smalltalk scripts, it works as a portal to configure via anything -- Monticello, Git, Bitbucket, SVN, CVS, ENVY, whether a development workstation or end-user app.  It's meant to be the place that answers the question, "How do I load XYZ package?"

And it's a damn good answer - when it's kept up to date properly. Any ways we can be better at this should be considered.  Not least making sure the SM server is kept up to date and running well so that the package scripts can be easily maintained.


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