No doubt. That would be perfect, so long as beginners and folks new to the
update know how to find that.
So, it seems to make sense for the SM app to have a link to the wiki page
for those who want more info. so that everyone can be on the same page
(literally and figuratively).

And, it seems logical for the SM app to have an indicator to say that the
Safe to Install filter is on, and provide a way to turn it off in case a
programmer needs to find old code to test.

There's nothing to indicate what 'SqueakMap Package Loader (7 shown out of
773 packages)' means.

- Darius

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 28 December 2011 17:38, Darius Clarke <socinian at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Darius Clarke <socinian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> But a current SqueakMap refresh in 4.3 has almost none of the prior
> >> applications in it any more. It's been neglected too by the community.
> >
> >
> > Correction: With the "Safe To Install" filter turned on by default.
>
> Given that 4.3 is 3 days old, isn't that to be expected? Quoting from
> Swiki (http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2726),
>
> "With Squeak 4.2, the SqueakMap Catalog opens without the rot showing.
> Whenever a new version of Squeak is released, all of the packages that
> were visible in the list in the prior version no longer appear in the
> new version. This is because the SqueakMap process requires authors to
> re-designate their applications as working in the new Squeak release."
>
> Now one could have some kind of server sitting somewhere taking a
> fresh image and running install scripts with some kind of script
> verifying that the package loaded correctly (say, by running the
> package's tests), and on a green light marking the SM package as "Safe
> To Install". But at any rate, right now it's up to the package owner
> to perform this task.
>
> frank
>
> > Darius
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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