On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:57:30AM -0800, Andreas Raab wrote:
Hi David -
Let's be a bit careful before jumping heads-on into the Metacello frenzy. I don't mind if people choose to use Metacello to load VMMaker but it shouldn't be the only option. Myself for example, I use customarily a variety of images, none of which support or are supported by Metacello. It would not be good if we require Metacello to load VMMaker.
I understand and fully agree.
Personally I use a 3.8 image for most VMMaker work for exactly this reason. If it works in Squeak 3.8 it usually works everywhere, modulo a few annoyances like SmalltalkImage current, and with the recently noted exception of Scratch ;)
I'm also happy to see the Metacello support, because it will make VMMaker more accessible from images that do use Metacello.
Dave