As a relative newcomer here, I want to echo this sentiment.  It is 
entirely unclear how SqueakMap, Monticello, and Package Universe Browser 
relate to each other evolutionarily or operationally.  I really have no 
idea what constitutes the authoritative source for any given package. 
And reading this post, I'm not even sure if "Sake/Packages" is the same 
as one of these or yet something else...

In contrast to, dare I say, ASDF-INSTALL, which is at least wired to 
Cliki, or CPAN, or pkg_install (FreeBSD), or MacPorts, all of which just 
"know" where to go to get packages and have at least rudimentary query 
capabilities.  MacPorts in particular tracks both dependencies and has a 
notion of versioning, though admittedly the version problem is much more 
easily solved for shared libraries than it is for Smalltalk.

I do think you need to consider this as one of the most pressing 
problems you face in garnering new adoption and new developers.  I'd 
also suggest taking a look at the Python and Ruby communities, both of 
which are thriving with new code and shared development.

Matthew Fulmer wrote:
> A discussion started on IRC about how difficult it can
> be to install packages in Squeak, and about how confusing the
> current situation can look to a newcomer. All of our solutions
> seem to have problems: