On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:50:18PM -0800, Blake wrote:

Here's a good noob question:

What should one do when a package install fails?

I downloaded the squeak dev image 76 which doesn't seem to have Seaside installed (it's supposed to as far as I can tell) but when I try to load the Seaside installer, that fails during "initialization". (Same on all versions: The progress bar gets about 1/3 of the way and then stops. I havet to Alt+. out of it.)

I never know what to do when that happens: Is the environment in an unstable state at that point? Is it best to just quit without saving? If I load an earlier version of the package is that okay?

I usually save my image right before loading a new package. If something goes wrong, I quit without saving, so no harm is done. If I am loading several packages, I may use "save as new version" after loading a few of them so I don't have to reload everything if something goes wrong on say the sixth package.

Of course it is also a good idea to occasionally save backup copies of your working image and changes files in a safe place.

Dave