Removing Etoys, Morphic and other friends
Klaus D. Witzel
klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Wed Oct 25 15:42:19 UTC 2006
Hi Herbert,
on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:14:14 +0200, you wrote:
> Hello Klaus,
>
> KDW> Instead, I'm wondering what this debate might be about (myth?
> conspiracy?
> KDW> who in squeak-dev knows ;-)
>
> I think this debate is about what me and some (non programming)
> friends call "killer arguments", arguments that kill the debate.
>
> I's a strong word and I don't know if it is used elsewhere.
Neither do I, so it's a bit mystical, isn't it ;-)
> It does
> _not_ imply an intention to shut up the other side but it might have
> that effect.
OT: agreed and the consequence is a massive loss of reputation (not that
we've ever seen so here in squeak-dev, haven't we :|
> In the context of the debate the killer argument is
> valid.
NP and I agree with this your explanation.
>
> KDW> So the one and only questions that I hope remains is this: is
> someone
> KDW> willing to remove Etoys, Morphic, etc such that there be one .image
> KDW> without it and one .image in which it is pre-loaded.
>
> That's oversimplifying because ..
>
> KDW> And if there is no one who effectively *does* it, let
> _whatever_it_is_ rot
> KDW> in the image-until someone must fix things in order to support
> her/his own
> KDW> stuff. Whether you like it or not, the latter happens anyway.
>
> .... a rotting morpic would make that image more or less useless :-)
Le'me repeat: until someone must fix things in order to support HER/HIS
own stuff. But yes I have to agree that a rotting morphic would have such
consequences.
Thanks for taking care.
/Klaus
> Best regards,
>
> Herbert mailto:herbertkoenig at gmx.net
>
>
>
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