[squeak-dev] SqueakMap packages

Chris Muller ma.chris.m at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 01:53:20 UTC 2021


> 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.

Oh yeah, I totally agree, those UI toggles are confusing, and clumsy
even when you know what they mean.

> 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.

I hope to have a client streamlined for all the use-cases, hopefully it
can be done fairly easily from scratch.  Something like the
SystemBrowser, with middle row of two buttons that toggle the list
between [ 5.3 | All ], where "5.3" is the one detected from the
SmalltalkImage field(s), and then a row of "Browse" and "Install"
buttons.  Everything just, there.


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