On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:12 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> I think that if you load (any version of) VMMaker from Universes, it
> will take care of the dependencies. You can then update VMMaker from the
> SqueakSource project that I mentioned, and the result should get you up
> to date. IIRC, the "Klatt" dependencies refer to the "Speech" package
> the you can find on SqueakMap also. Specific versions of FFI and Klatt
> are not important with respect to VMMaker.

Yep, loading it from Universes is the way to go. Thanks worked great.
It's too bad that Universes doesn't load the latest version of VMMaker, though.

>> BTW, it's HARD to find packages to install in Squeak ( I know, I'm not
>> bearer of new news). Packages are in one or many places and with
>> different versions in different places. It's hard to tell where to go
>> Why don't we settle on one place for every package and use one method
>> (can have many tools, but one method) to download packages and their
>> dependencies? I guess, that's a general question to everyone. Seems
>> like a no-brainer.
>
> Yup, everybody agrees with you. SqueakMap does a nice job of keeping
> track of everything, Universes is the equivalent of a distro, some
> further integration of these would be nice, and it's a lot of work to
> keep it up to date. Emphasis on "it's a lot of work."

I hear ya. I bet it's a LOT of work.

Thanks Dave! Very helpful!

-- 
Brad Fuller