[Vm-dev] [squeak-dev] Condensing sources for a new release

[Eliot Miranda]

> On Feb 11, 2020, at 1:05 PM, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
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>> On 2020-02-11, at 12:51 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My concern is that we present the user with the information before we present them with a dysfunctional app.  So I would like us to release an image that is in a state that if the changes file is read only it explains to the user how to correctly install the release, rather than presenting them with gibberish only experts may understand.  Of course once the image is configured that warning would go away (the image would no longer be in the “first launch after release” state).
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>> Does this make sense?
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> I really think changing the launch scripts to copy the image/changes out of the deep pile of directories is the smart thing to do.

+1.  Principle #1 it must work out of the box.  Principle #2 it must be reasonably straightforward for a user to package an app that works out of the box.

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