Squeak-dev December 2006

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TraitOmniBrowser
by Damien Cassou 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Philippe Marschall wrote : > For the n-th time: > > TraitsOmniBrowser (not the one in the image): that's what virtual > categories come from in the first place anyway. squeak-dev image must include a trait aware browser, however, there are problems with TraitOmniBrowser: 1) this is a new browser and not a modification of OB-Standard => each change made to OB-Standard will never affect TraitOB (dynamic protocols for example) 2) There is no entry in the open... menu 3) There is at least one big bug : go to TPureBehavior and select a category. I think it would be better to include functionalities of TraitOB into OB-Standard (not in the same package to keep compatibility with previous squeak versions). Bye

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minnow swiki front page
by Brad Fuller 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Why is there a jpg and an mp3 link at the bottom of: http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/Squeak (I suggest that you don't click on the mp3) -- brad fuller http://www.Sonaural.com/ +1 (408) 799-6124

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The website points ... How come?
by Jerome Peace 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Hi Karl Thanks for the quick reply. >And I will kick the ball back to you :-) You are welcome to work with us. Thank you, but no. Not my cup of tea. Also, I don't see many others doing what is my cup. So I think I'm needed where I am. >The website points would be users of squeak to 3.9 RC1 7061 not 7067. How come? >karl karl.ramberg at chello.se >Wed Dec 6 06:35:01 UTC 2006 wrote: > >Jerome Peace skrev: >> The first thing you see at: http://www.squeak.org/ >> >> is >> >> Squeak >> >> News >> >> * 2006-09-08: Squeak 3.9 is announced. >> Congratulations. Download links and ftp archives are >> not yet updated. >> * 2006-09-07: Squeak Weekly News are back: >> http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/ >> * 2006-05-26: 3.8 current download for MacOS has >> updated vm to Squeak 3.8.12beta4U.app.zip >> etc. >> ----- >> >> Clicking on Squeak 3.9 starts the download to your >> system of the out of date Squeak 3.9 RC1 7061. >> >Thank you for the feedback. >I was sure I updated the links a while back... I'll fix it. >(Lame excuse: I think the website image was restarted a and we have not >snapshot it recently) Good results come from good decisions. Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad decisions. Welcome to another fine learning experience. >> >> This seems to me wrong in two ways and dangerous. >> >> First it seems odd to me that clicking the news item >> starts the download rather than directing you to a >> download page. >> >You are right, I'll point to the download page. >> Secondly is seems odd and dangerous for any reputation >> squeak might want to build for itself that the main >> page of the website starts off with such old news. >> >This is true. >> I leave it to the board and the web team to work out >> policy and practice to correct this. >> >Time passes quick and news get out of date... >I'll try to keep it more up to date. It occurs to me that something that needs (NEEDS) to happen on a periodic basis is a job (JOB). And the board may need to fund for it and hire someone to do it. Things that can happen whenever they happen will get done. They get done someone who loves to do them can find the time. That's how we get the best into squeak. Somethings remain more urgent and insistent. We should get the board to think about funding news and link maintenence. >Karl >> Yours in service, --Jerome Peace ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

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DICOM image support
by Ron Teitelbaum 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Hi all, Does anyone know of an OS Smalltalk DICOM image viewer or have code that supports DICOM images in squeak? Ultimately I'd like use squeak to manipulate images and to have Seaside display them either directly or in a converted form. Thanks for any suggestions, Ron Teitelbaum

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The website points would be users of squeak to 3.9 RC1 7061 not 7067. How come?
by Jerome Peace 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

The first thing you see at: http://www.squeak.org/ is Squeak News * 2006-09-08: Squeak 3.9 is announced. Congratulations. Download links and ftp archives are not yet updated. * 2006-09-07: Squeak Weekly News are back: http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/ * 2006-05-26: 3.8 current download for MacOS has updated vm to Squeak 3.8.12beta4U.app.zip etc. ----- Clicking on Squeak 3.9 starts the download to your system of the out of date Squeak 3.9 RC1 7061. This seems to me wrong in two ways and dangerous. First it seems odd to me that clicking the news item starts the download rather than directing you to a download page. Secondly is seems odd and dangerous for any reputation squeak might want to build for itself that the main page of the website starts off with such old news. I leave it to the board and the web team to work out policy and practice to correct this. Yours in service, --Jerome Peace ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

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[OT] Breaking Barriers - The Potential of Free and Open Source Software for Sustainable Human Development
by Diego Gomez Deck 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Hi folks, In the following URL you will find a compilation of case studies of open-source used to reduce the gap between the developed world and the 3rd world. Extremadura LinEx (and Squeak) is analyzed from page 86. http://www.apdip.net/publications/ict4d/BreakingBarriers.pdf Cheers, -- Diego -- ========================================== Diego Gomez Deck ------------------------------------------ http://diegogomezdeck.blogspot.com/ http://smalltalk.consultar.com/ ==========================================

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the 3.10 release team
by Craig Latta 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Hi all-- As I mentioned in the latest board meeting notes, we have decided that Ralph Johnson shall lead the 3.10 release team. We encourage him to choose two others, for a three-person team. Go team! -C -- Craig Latta http://netjam.org/resume

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2006-12-06 SqF board notes
by Craig Latta 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Hi all-- The Squeak Foundation board meets online for one hour on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Thanks again to those of you who have submitted agenda item suggestions[1]. Please keep them coming! In particular, please submit an agenda item when you want the board to state a position on some issue. In general, it's unlikely that everyone on the board will see and discuss a position request in a squeak-dev message. Also be aware that we may defer some issues to teams. Please note we think it's inappropriate for the board to be used as ammunition in squeak-dev debates. Ideally, no one should need to appeal to authority to make a point; it should stand on its merits. We realize that occasionally we'll have to settle disputes, but we hope we can stay focused on running the foundation. At the 2006-12-06 meeting, Bert, Craig, Marcus, Tim, and Yoshiki attended; Cees was absent. *** This meeting had nine agenda items. 1. Review previous action items. There were two action items from the previous meeting. 1.1. Craig will get a quote from Foundation Group for incorporating the Squeak Foundation in the United States and obtaining tax-exempt status for it. Foundation Group[2] charges USD 250 for incorporation, not including possible state filing fees, and USD 950 for obtaining federal tax-exempt status, not including possible IRS and state filing feels. The Squeak Foundation currently has EUR 3000; we decided to allocate USD 1500 toward incorporation. I have begun a discussion with Foundation Group. Marcus will transfer money to me so that I can pay expenses. 1.2. Craig will create a tree of passworded wiki pages for board meeting notes and team status reports. I haven't done this yet, but have started talking to Brad from the web team about editing squeakfoundation.org. 2. Decide the release team membership. We have decided that Ralph Johnson shall lead the 3.10 release team. We encourage him to choose two others, for a three-person team. 3. How shall we make future contributors aware their submissions must be made available under the terms of the MIT license? We decided that the contribution mechanism shall present the contributor with a notice that contributions must be made available under the terms of the MIT license, and that the contributor must acknowledge the notice. For example, SqueakMap could present a dialog box with this information that the contributor may either accept or cancel. While we may suggest further action later, we suspect this will suffice for creating awareness. Our legal licensing obligations, however, will most likely go beyond this (e.g., written statements on file). Stay tuned for that process. 4. How shall we ensure reliable access to the Squeak website and our other servers? We anticipate allocating some money to Cees and the box-admins team to make this happen. He wasn't at this meeting, though, so we deferred it. 5. How should the community support the release and harvesting process? Stephane Ducasse suggests establishing test and build servers. 6. Matt asks that we consider declaring a documentation policy, in which each SqueakMap package has at least a minimal usage description, a la the TalkBack package. We decided to delegate both of these to the release team, expecting that the documentation issue may get delegated again to the documentation team. 7. What shall we do with regard to merchandising? The Squeak pins that Tim had made a few years ago were a big hit; we're interested in making more. Tim will see if the company that made them is still around and how much they charge. We're also considering what we can get made from CafePress. And we're open to suggestions! 8. List current action items. This meeting had three action items. 8.1. Marcus will transfer USD 1500 to Craig for incorporation expenses. 8.2. Craig will continue the incorporation process. 8.3. Tim will retrieve the contact info and pricing for the company that made the original Squeak pins. 9. List the next meeting's agenda items. Currently, the next agenda is tentatively: 9.1. Review previous action items. 9.2. Craig will report on relicensing progress (see [3]). 9.3. List the current action items. 9.4. List the next meeting's agenda items. thanks! -C [1] http://people.squeakfoundation.org/article/64.html [2] http://501c3.org [3] http://netjam.org/squeak/contributors -- Craig Latta http://netjam.org/resume

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Doc Team November 2006 report
by Matthew Fulmer 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

The Documentation team was rather quiet during the month of November. A new person joined the team: Andrew Lawson. Welcome Andrew! Andrew has been doing Swiki cleanup work and writing a new chapter for the upcoming Squeak beginners tutorial: http://wiki.squeak.org/5869 School is out, so next month will see a lot more activity. See what we are up to at http://wiki.squeak.org/808 -- Matthew Fulmer

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Spoon progress 6 December 2006: displays
by Craig Latta 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Hi all-- Spoon website: http://netjam.org/spoon I've decided to mention what's up with Spoon on first and third Wednesdays... we'll see how often I have something new to say. ;) Naiad (which stands for "name and identity are distinct") is Spoon's module system. Right now I'm working on a Naiad module to serve as an example of authorship and deployment. This particular module adds display capability to Spoon, which in its minimal form is headless. I am extending the fine "Areithfa Ffenestri"[1] work of Tim Rowledge and John McIntosh (the name is Welsh for "platform windows"). The basic idea is that there will be multiple display surface objects, each of which is associated with a host platform window that the user can place as desired in the aggregate physical display space. There is no global "Display" variable (indeed, there are no global variables as such, see [2]). There is also no single special display surface object. Instead, there is an array of display surface objects in the special objects array, and one may refer to them by rank, e.g. "1st display". How the display surfaces are ordered is also up to the user. The user may tell a particular display surface to expand to fill the physical display on which the host window containing it is currently placed. The physical displays occupy a single logical bounding rectangle, and the user may manipulate display surfaces programmatically within it. The primitive support takes the form of an external VM plugin, which is delivered, installed, and activated as part of the Naiad module. It includes the equivalent of BitBlt. thanks, -C [1] http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3862 [2] http://tinyurl.com/yn7f9h (an archived Spoon list message) -- Craig Latta http://netjam.org/resume

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