+1

On 8/2/12, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 August 2012 21:49, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If there's little or no danger of any serious regressions elsewhere in
>> the system, then I'm +1.  Like Frank, I think it's important for
>> Squeak to continue to put out stable releases.
>
> I need to hack on the CI server first, but if a kind soul wouldn't
> mind just loading Dale's mcz and running the full suite of tests, I'd
> be grateful. I don't see how that could cause regressions, but I'm
> paranoid.
>
>> Dale, your efforts on cross-platform are amazing, thanks!
>
> Seconded!
>
> frank
>
>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Dale Henrichs <dhenrich at vmware.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I have a small 3 class package (Metacello-Base[1]) that I would hope
>>> could be included in the Squeak4.4 release.
>>>
>>> Of the 3 classes, the Metacello class is a stub class for the Metacello
>>> Scripting Api[2], that will bootstrap Metacello _if_ you use the
>>> scripting api. I am promoting the scripting api as the cross platform way
>>> to use Metacello. Instead of seeing install scripts fly by that look like
>>> this:
>>>
>>>   Gofer new
>>>     package: 'ConfigurationOfSeaside30';
>>>     squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository';
>>>     load.
>>>   ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfSeaside30) version: #stable) load.
>>>
>>> (with the caveat that Installer should be used for Squeak)...the install
>>> scripts will look like this:
>>>
>>>   Metacello new
>>>     configuration: 'Seaside30';
>>>     version: #stable;
>>>     squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository';
>>>     load.
>>>
>>> The same script will "do the right thing" on all three supported
>>> platforms (Squeak, Pharo, GemStone), presuming that the class Metacello
>>> is present in the base images:)
>>>
>>> I've recently released a preview version[4] and am actively collecting
>>> feedback. I would think that I can finalize the visible portion of the
>>> scripting api by September...
>>>
>>> I've been ensuring that the metacello preview release is functional on
>>> Squeak all along and I am currently running CI builds against Squeak4.3
>>> using travis ci[5]. Moving forward I would add Squeak4.4 to the list of
>>> platforms for CI and publish updates to the Metacello-Base pacakge as
>>> needed.
>>>
>>> The class comments for each of the classes provides basic documentation
>>> for using Metacello so I think that Metacello-Base is a clean and small
>>> presence for Metacello and will enable the use of "cross-platform install
>>> scripts for Metacello."
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> [1] http://seaside.gemstone.com/ss/metacello/Metacello-Base-dkh.96.mcz
>>> [2]
>>> https://github.com/dalehenrich/metacello-work/blob/master/docs/MetacelloUserGuide.md
>>> [4]
>>> http://forum.world.st/Metacello-Preview-release-1-0-beta-32-2-tt4642064.html
>>> [5] http://travis-ci.org/#!/dalehenrich/metacello-work/builds/2012331
>>>
>>
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