Squeak Distributions/Developer Workspace Preview WAS: too much discusssion on a future direction

hjh-sqlist at lexdb.net hjh-sqlist at lexdb.net
Wed Dec 22 17:59:16 UTC 2004


Thorsten,

Your note is up to the point!

Quoting Torsten Bergmann <astares at gmx.de>:

> 
> While it is in general not a problem to build a personal squeak 
> with different "stable" packages - it is hard to assemble them since there 
> are several ways how squeak tools/goodies are packaged. 

Yes, indeed!

> Note that DeveloperWorkspace is not a fork ... it's just a squeak
> distribution.

An important distinction....


> Install the SAR in an updated Squeak 3.8gamma (latest changeset is 6527)
> and you will see what I'm talking about:
> 
<snip ...installation report>

So do you have a ready made image prepared for downloading or do you plan to do
such a thing? It would be great to have several distributions to choose from
...

Hannes




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