[squeak-dev] SqueakMap packages

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Wed Apr 7 00:26:44 UTC 2021


On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 01:56:59PM -0500, Chris Muller wrote:
> >
> > In the SqueakMap Package Loader, click for menu in one of the left
> > hand panes, and de-select the "New safely-available packages" option.
> >
> > I can't explain the logic behind these options. I just turn them off.
> >
> 
> It's been explained by the first paragraph of this page since 2011.
> 
>    http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6182
> 
>  - Chris

Hi Chris,

Thanks, yes that is the proper reference.

I was not clear, when I said "can't explain the logic" I was referring 
to the multi-select check box logic in the tool. There are five selectable
options ("Auto-installable packages", "new available packages", etc) so
my expectation would be that selecting two options would result in the
list displaying the OR of the two selections. As implemented it is the
AND of the selections, which does not produce a very useful result. That's
why I just turn them all off when I want to look for packages on SqueakMap.

I also tend to work in a trunk image, for which there are no new safely
available packages. So again, I just turn off all of the options in the tool.

Dave



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