Shrinking
stéphane ducasse
ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Thu Aug 26 07:31:38 UTC 2004
Hi pavel
why don't you do the same on 3.7?
3.7 contains a ***lot*** of improvements over 3.0
Stef
On Aug 25, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Pavel Krivanek wrote:
> I have modified shrinking process for image 3.0. I have prepared a
> patch
> which removes Morphic references from source codes.
>
> The result is cca 1.2 MB large compact image with Squeak kernel and
> basic
> MVC tools. It has NO OBSOLETE CLASSES!!!
>
> Resulting image includes full source codes and class orgranization so
> it is
> easy to use and it's prepared for next shrinking steps (abandonSources,
> zapOrganization...).
>
> Installation:
> Open - MVC project - enter into it - open file list - fileIn file
> shrink.st
> You will have to press 'yes' several times and enter your initials.
> Wait a
> while (Squeak recompiles all classes)
>
> Problems:
> - This image doesn't contain hundreds of useful methods
> - Some removed messages have still record in class organization
> - This is quite old image, but we have well documented sequence of
> update
> changes
>
> Maybe it's not the right starting point for making fully updated small
> image
> 'cos the amount of updates is formidable. Though it's clear we need
> very
> small reference image (maybe without Morphic) for making production
> images.
>
> Pavel
> <Shrink.zip>
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