Hi Keith,

this sounds interesting but the webpage is not accessible
http://installer.pbwiki.com/MinorFixesUnstable-Squeak3.10.

On Jan 11, 2008 9:57 AM, Keith Hodges <keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> Damien Cassou wrote:
> > On Jan 10, 2008 5:25 AM, Tom Phoenix <rootbeer at redcat.com> wrote:
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> >> Here's the bug report I've put on Mantis:
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> >>     http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6846
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> > I confirm the bug and the fix.
> >
> Hello Damien and anyone else interested in working on > 3.10
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> Since 3.10 is approaching absolute "final final final", I have added
> this fix to the page
> http://installer.pbwiki.com/MinorFixesUnstable-Squeak3.10
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> This is a list of pending fixes that may be applied to a
> LevelPlayingField image, like so...
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> Installer install: 'LatestUnstable'. "or"
> Installer install: 'MinorFixesUnstable'.
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> After some testing we can move fixes to the Stable branch...
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> I would like to define the process a bit:
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> At some point we will decide to move fixes from
> MinorFixesUnstable-Squeak3.10 into MinorFixes-Squeak3.10 at which point
> they are considered to be a basic set of fixes that a 3.10 image may
> benefit from. I propose this two step process because this is a set of
> fixes that should be appropriate for building a 3.10 image for use in
> production therefore it makes sense to have a defined review stage.
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> A future release of 3.10.1 could be a LevelPlayingField image with all
> collated MinorFixes and Updates. With this process 3.9.1 may be a
> similarly defined LevelPlayingField image with its MinorFixes and
> Updates applied.
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> Anyone who uses an earlier image (say 3.8.2) who feels the need to
> retro-fit a fix can do so by copying the fix into
> "MinorFixes-Squeak3:8:2". It will then be available to users of 3.8.2,
> by executing Installer install: 'MinorFixes'.
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> However we dont want to go mad with this, so I propose to ask for
> volunteers to be "Version czar's" to monitor the minor fixes that exist
> for each version of squeak. Whoever released 3.8.2 (I dont know who that
> is) might want to be the version czar for 3.8.  Since individual
> packages that need fixes in order to load into specific older images can
> define their own version specific installs, there is a place to put
> "fixes as needed". It is not necessary to retro fit lots of fixes into
> older images. But it does make sense (to me at least) to have a place to
> put some fixes, and someone to look after each version.
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> By the way, this process is now open to anyone to contribute to the
> MinorFixesUnstable branch. The password for the wiki is "squeak", please
> feel free to join in. If you do, please pop into irc #squeak and
> announce/discuss the changes that you are making.
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> best regards
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> Keith
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Damien Cassou