Pri-1 Sev-1 BUG (was Re: [squeak-dev] Re: Hudson Status?)

Frank Shearar frank.shearar at angband.za.org
Wed May 4 07:53:11 UTC 2011


On 2011/05/04 03:46, Casey Ransberger wrote:
> Yikes! We seem to have implemented... Politics. You're right, this can't wait!
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> Pri-1/Sev-1 bug: politics have been introduced.
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> Repro:
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> Log on to the internet and try to instantiate a new instance of BikeShed without discussing what color it should be.
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> Expected Output:
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> A new instance of BikeShed is created with the agreed upon properties. Verify that the default color is correctly inherited from Morph.
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> Actual:
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> It's answering an instance of Politics, which doesn't implement the BikeShed protocol correctly.

That... is genius. Comic genius.

frank

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> On May 3, 2011, at 7:30 PM, Chris Cunnington<smalltalktelevision at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> Hi Casey,
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>> Your offer to help with a Hudson server is valuable. And it will likely be very valuable in the near future. I'm responding, because I don't want your potential contribution to be ignored.
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>> There are some arguments that need to be worked out "in camera" before the way forward is clear. You're an excellent programmer. Let us hammer out some of the details first. The topic of modularity has come seemingly all at once, but this plan has been waiting a year and this convocation of the Squeak board has a year to get things set on the right course.
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>> For what it's worth, the video you're looking for is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4I7fSVNX2A
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>> If you go back to September Squeak postings you'll find I was one of it's earliest proponents. And although I can't find the post right now, Stef rejected this as a model for namespaces in Pharo.
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>> I don't want to say "We'll get back to you" and sound like a jerk, but there's a screaming match brewing that the SOB that needs to resolve in private before we can say what the next step is.
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>> Please bear with us,
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>> Chris
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