[squeak-dev] Re: Config Browser for Metacello

Hannes Hirzel hannes.hirzel at gmail.com
Wed May 19 16:01:40 UTC 2010


On 5/19/10, Ralph Johnson <johnson at cs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Chris Cunnington
> <smalltalktelevision at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I say bury older versions, and present only one version: THE OB, or THE
>> WebClient. If people want to dig into the versions of OB from 1.0 to
>> 1.1.2,
>> then push it out of immediate site. Push it down a level in the hierarchy.
>> It's true. I don't lack for opinions. It's been said. :)
>
> I agree.  In fact, I don't think that old versions should be in the
> image at all.  People who want the old versions should go to the web
> site for the package.  The image should just have the current version,
> and the browser should only show it.  Otherwise, the system will just
> gather more and more cruft.
>
> -Ralph
>
>
Absolutely!
It should be easy to load. And the particular version should have been
tested against the particular version of the image I'm actually
working with.

If I want more choice I can always go to check out the Metacello repository.


--Hannes



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