2009/12/12 David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:43:21PM -0800, Andreas Raab wrote:
>> Miguel Cob? wrote:
>> >Maybe more attention to the real uses of the technology
>> >outside the "core" squeak is needed here.
>> >Since some months ago, Dale Henrichs has made available Metacello
>> >that doesn't tries to "fix" monticello, but to build on top of the
>> >limitations of it by treating monticello as what does better:
>> >to load a single version of a given package in the image.
>> >Then it adds the apropriate "package" dependencies in
>> >a higher level. No need to feature creep monticello but use
>> >it as a sound base for solving the issues you mentioned.
>>
>> I do not understand which problem domain Metacello is addressing and
>> how. If you have more information, this would be very welcome.
>
> Project home with good summary description:
>  http://code.google.com/p/metacello/
> Another good reference:
>  http://gemstonesoup.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/metacello-package-management-for-monticello/
> Much discussion here:
>  http://groups.google.com/group/monticello-dev/topics
>
> I have not personally used it, but Metacello seems to be well
> thought out, with documented project objectives and a competent and
> considerate developer. It is MIT licensed, and support for Squeak
> is an explicit design objective. I think this is worth serious
> consideration.
>

Full agree.