On 8/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Keith Hodges</b> <<a href="mailto:keith_hodges@yahoo.co.uk">keith_hodges@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Of course it would be best, but this is a kernel extension, which is<br>under the control of the release team, not I.</blockquote><div><br><br>Ah right, of course. *bonk self*.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If I keep on doing this, it means that all efforts to improve the kernel<br>are wasted, because even if I write a kernel improvement, I am<br>conditioned by the working context to not use such extensions until they<br>are deemed acceptable by the consensus, which in the case of "Message
<br>eating Null", or Gorans name space improvements is probably never.</blockquote><div><br><br>I was under the impression that now is the best time ever to
get needed things into the image. The "Message eating
null" and
namespaces are big controversial things that can't be ignored once present. But this package seems like a "no-brainer" since it's just
method adds and they put in something that seems glaringly missing from
Squeak at the moment. If you have tests and things you should still
try I would say, there might still be time.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This has been bugging me for a while so, I figure the only way I can see
<br>to get around this is to legitimize the idea of a kernel-patch in the<br>universe (which formalizes which versions the patch is applicable to)<br>and have it managed properly in mantis, i.e. feedback discussion. new<br>
versions etc.</blockquote><div><br><br>So another feature in a place it's not expected due to social issues. :) But I see where you are coming from. I think we should first try to get it in this release if there is still time. Does anyone have an issue with this patch?
<br></div><br><br>Just as an aside, is it not possible to have an MC package that contains only extension methods?<br></div>