Frank,

The Metacello tests add/remove global variables to/from Smalltalk and it looks like Environment does not implement #removeKey:ifAbsent:, so I've got some 400 test failures because I can't remove a global from Smalltalk ... 

I can hack this for the time being but I'm curious what the longer term plan will be with regards to removing global variables from Smalltalk or perhaps leaving #removeKey:ifAbsent: out is inadvertent ...

BTW, I'm using update 12154 ...

Thanks,

Dale
----- Original Message -----
| From: "Frank Shearar" <frank.shearar at gmail.com>
| To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list" <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
| Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 9:24:12 AM
| Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Metacello and Squeak4.4
| 
| On 3 August 2012 17:21, Dale Henrichs <dhenrich at vmware.com> wrote:
| > Frank,
| >
| > Since you're working on the CI stuff, where should I go to get a
| > recent copy of Squeak4.4 .. I have the impression that the release
| > available for ftp[1] is not the one I should use?
| >
| > I noticed that there are no download artifacts on the CI build
| > site, so perhaps the trunk is the right place after all?
| 
| I haven't done the bundle-and-publish part of the CI yet, but
| https://github.com/frankshearar/squeak-ci has a close-to-up-to-date
| image you can use in the meantime.
| 
| frank
| 
| > Dale
| >
| > [1] http://ftp.squeak.org/trunk/
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > | From: "Frank Shearar" <frank.shearar at gmail.com>
| > | To: "ma chris m" <ma.chris.m at gmail.com>, "The general-purpose
| > | Squeak developers list"
| > | <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
| > | Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 2:05:15 PM
| > | Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Metacello and Squeak4.4
| > |
| > | 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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