On 26.04.2010, at 04:56, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
On 19.04.2010, at 13:52, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
Hi folks,
as we discussed lately we want to enable easier contributions, following a model similar to Squeak's "trunk". I spent the weekend making the latest tools from Squeak work in the Etoys image. I did not push it to the update stream yet, but it is attached. Let's discuss in the developer meeting on IRC later today.
Here is how to test it:
- Download Etoys-To-Go4-Final.zip from squeakland.org and unzip and run
- get halo for world, choose "preferences..." from halo menu
- disable "eToyFriendly" in the "scripting category"
- click the gray World background, choose "previous project" from the World menu
- you'll be taken to the hidden top-level project, light-blue background
- now is a good time to save the image (not save-as)
This will result in an image ready for development work. I'm suggesting to use Etoys-To-Go because it is self-contained and allows to save the image easily. The regular install is read-only.
Now for my stuff ...
... which I just pushed to the new 4.1 update stream at etoys.squeak.org
- Evaluate this in a workspace to set the new update server (you need at least a 4.0.2336 image): HTTPSocket httpFileInNewChangeSet: 'etoys.squeak.org/updates/newUpdateStream-bf.cs'
- Then load updates. This will ask if you want to advance to 4.1, say yes. Load updates again
- This will take quite a while ...
- ... but eventually you should have an image with Monticello loaded :)
Heres a log of the changes: http://squeakland.org/updates/
This includes the recategorization from trunk (huge 1 MB changeset) and an edited version of Karl's recategorization, ending up in a quite reasonable number of packages IMHO. Also, thanks to Eliot for porting the compiler changes!
The next step should be to create proper packages and commit them to the etoys repo.
- Bert -
We did it :)
There is an initial version of all Monticello packages that now constitute the Etoys image in our main repository at
http://source.squeak.org/etoys.html
If you load updates, it will first fetch changesets from the update stream, and then proceed to update packages from the repository. We will mostly just post new packages from now on. But if needed, we still have the update stream.
To get an Etoys image for development, either follow the procedure I outlined above (takes about 10 minutes here), or download an all-in-one zip (based on Etoys-To-Go) from here:
http://etoys.squeak.org/download/
It's easier if you do not use save-as in this setup, only regular image save. The image name is mentioned explicitly in the VM settings.
New versions can be submitted to the "Etoys Inbox" by *anyone*, no registration required:
http://source.squeak.org/etoysinbox.html
Of course, Etoys developers can commit to the main repository directly. If you want to have access, register on that server, and ping me so I add you to the right group.
We'll look at all contributions, though we need to be somewhat conservative. Remember this is used by kids worldwide, it's deployed on about a million machines, and more are to come [1]. Features are cool, but don't make the kids cry, mkay? ;)
Btw, if someone feels more comfortable using changesets, don't worry, you can still attach them to a ticket on our tracker at
http://tracker.squeakland.org/
Some other developer will then build Monticello packages and commit them.
So, the gates are open, let the contributions flow :)
- Bert -
[1] http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/one-laptop-per-child-and,1271519.sht...