Hi Stephen,

Does this result in a lot of dirty packages in the Monticello browser?

I think one challenge is that "more approachable" depends on the
dimension in which one is approaching Squeak.  From the dimension of the
newcomer wanting to learn the concepts of Smalltalk and programming for the
first time, this looks like a good start to an educational package that
could transform the system into something smaller and more comprehensible.
Of course, Cuis might already be an equally good candidate for that.

OTOH, from the dimension of a programmer looking to integrate practically
with Squeak and making new packages and enhancements, the noise of the
separation of packages serves a purpose.  It's how we as a community have
organized to move it forward.

I know one thing we want to do is remove Etoys.  That alone could result in
quite a bit of simplification.

Regards,
  Chris

On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 3:20 PM Stephen Travis Pope <
stephen at heaveneverywhere.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> In the hopes of getting the system reorg included in the release images, I
> made 2 versions: 1 for the current base release (alpha-22362
> <https://files.squeak.org/trunk/Squeak6.1alpha-22362-64bit/Squeak6.1alpha-22362-64bit-202206021410-macOS-x64.dmg>,
> top screen shot) and one for this release after doing all the updates and
> installing the FFI code (lower screen shot).
>
>
>
> Here are the reorg commands:
>
>
>
>
> stp
>
> --------
>
> Stephen Travis Pope    Ojai, California, USA
>
>
>      http://HeavenEverywhere.com
>      http://FASTLabInc.com
>      https://vimeo.com/user19434036/videos
>      http://heaveneverywhere.com/Reflections
>
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2023, at 7:28 AM, Stephen Travis Pope <
> stephen at heaveneverywhere.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> In my on-going effort to make Squeak more approachable, here’s a system
> re-org that brings the number of top-level class category categories (ALA
> packages) down to a manageable level; the top-level list in the
> PackagePaneBrowser now looks like the following:
>
> <NewPackageList.jpg>
>
> and here’s the code to shuffle the categories:
>
> <SqueakSystemReorg.text>
>
>
> stp
>
> --------
>
> Stephen Travis Pope    Ojai, California, USA
>
> <pastedGraphic.tiff>
>
>      http://HeavenEverywhere.com
>      http://FASTLabInc.com
>      https://vimeo.com/user19434036/videos
>      http://heaveneverywhere.com/Reflections
>
>
>
>
>
>
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