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On jeudi, août 22, 2002, at 12:05  AM, konrad.hinsen at laposte.net wrote:

> I have just started playing around with Squeak, and I am duly
> impressed... with just about everything except the state of
> documentation. Every detail seems to be covered somewhere, but I am
> looking for some overview. I found a helpful book ("Squeak" by Xavier
> Briffault, in French), but there are still open questions.
>
> For example, before I start any serious project, I would like to be
> sure that I don't loose my work due to stupid mistakes, careless
> import of code, a system update, or whatver else might happen. I have
> seen plenty of references to file ins/outs, changesets, projects,
> etc., but I don't really know what I should use in which circumstances
> or for what purpose.

Open the dual sorter (in change menu)
and learn how it works, save your change using this tool, it will 
automatically number the changeset
and increment them. There is no good and integrated version management 
system right now like in other Smalltalk  but the changeset are really 
usefull and practical.

Always do a script from which you can reload your image
something like:

| path my proj mwpath|
path := FillInTheBlank request: 'Enter the directory of the distribution 
(end with a folder separator' initialAnswer: FileDirectory default 
pathName, FileDirectory pathNameDelimiter
asString.
my := 'Stable32Turtle-17', FileDirectory pathNameDelimiter asString.
mwpath := 'MW32-4599', FileDirectory pathNameDelimiter asString.
(FileStream oldFileNamed: path , mwpath, 'MW-32a-4599.3.cs') 
fileIntoNewChangeSet.
(FileStream oldFileNamed: path , mwpath, 'MW-32a-4599-diff.3.cs') 
fileIntoNewChangeSet.
(FileStream oldFileNamed: path , my, 'FixSharedQueue.1.cs') 
fileIntoNewChangeSet.
>
> A related problem is the evolution of the whole system. There seem to
> be neither "undocumented" nor "officially documented" parts in Squeak.
> So if I want to make sure that my code will still be useful next year
> in Squeak 42.7, what can I safely rely on?

Good question :)
There is no obvious answer like any changing system. People are working on 
modules to try to stratify squeak and identify more stable part. However 
this is a long process.

>
> Feeble-squeakingly
>    Konrad.
>
>
Dr. Stéphane DUCASSE (ducasse at iam.unibe.ch) 
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/
  "if you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do
  different? ... especially if, by doing something different, today
  might not be your last day on earth" Calvin&Hobbes