Code management system, was RE: Has anyone implemented CORBA?

John W. Sarkela john_sarkela at 4thEstate.com
Thu Mar 9 17:16:16 UTC 2000


Funny you should mention it.  We (TFEI) are just now frantically pounding
together just such a repository framework and versioning tool for Squeak..
It's based on Richard Harmon's SIF and Program work (SIF is the storage
format, and Programs are somewhat analogous to Envy Applications), but we
are being careful not to inhibit normal Squeak tools usage.

We believe we are close , and we will unveil <something> at Camp Squeak this
weekend.  Meanwhile, anyone who's curious may send email to
squeak at 4thEstate.com, and we'll be happy to point you to the "test pilots"
release.  Be advised, while that version is actually in use (and effective)
as a versioning tool, its correct usage is _extremely_ subtle <spot the
euphamism!> in places.

A few quick observations about the tool:
    - we plan to have it compatible with Eric's SIF before/during Camp
Smalltalk
    - the actual repository storage format is simply a local file system;
however, the framework is easy to extend to other storage mechanisms.
    - we will provide a two-way bridge between SIF and native Squeak
file-out format and/or integrate .st and .cs versioning into the tool

Well we have code squeaking for attention that wants to get out of the door.
More as the story breaks...

The coding staff of The Fourth Estate, Inc.

> From: "Jarvis, Robert P. \(Contingent\)" <Jarvisb at timken.com>
> Reply-To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:02:31 -0500
> To: "'squeak at cs.uiuc.edu'" <squeak at cs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Code management system, was RE: Has anyone implemented CORBA?
> Resent-From: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Resent-Date: 9 Mar 2000 16:00:09 -0000
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:    Andrew C. Greenberg [SMTP:werdna at gate.net]
>> Sent:    Thursday, March 09, 2000 10:05 AM
>> To:    squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
>> Subject:    Re: Has anyone implemented CORBA?
>> 
>> If you would find an ORB useful, or are looking for a project to get
>> involved, by all means work on one.  If not, there are many useful
>> tasks still to be accomplished.
>> 
> Speaking of "other useful tasks", has anyone got a line on an existing code
> management/versioning system (in the vein of Envy or StORE or what was that
> thing for Visual Smalltalk?) which could be ported to Squeak?
> Alternatively, would anyone care to offer suggestions, concerns, etc, on how
> to approach this?  I'm interested in the problem, and would like to
> implement it in Squeak (i.e. I don't want to do an interface to RCS or
> whatever).  I suppose I could prowl through a VisualWorks image and "borrow"
> ideas from  StORE but, aside from the legal and ethical considerations, that
> seems like cheating.  Comments, ideas, and/or pointers to existing work
> appreciated.
> 
> Bob Jarvis
> Compuware @ Timken
> 
> 





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