Hi All,

Potential overall plan for your consideration.  

Summary:  Having a minimal Squeak Core image that enables users to easily
find and load components to build a functional system has been a goal of the
community for some time.  The goal is to remove dependencies from packages
(to the extent that it is possible) so that discrete components can act as
Objects that are interchangeable.  Because the API of objects is not always
identical and because different implementations of core system components
may provide features that are not identical, the final end point and
dependencies of functioning systems may not always be compatible to other
functioning systems.  The results of this philosophy-of-componentization are
that the community is enabled to build best of breed systems much like we
see today.  The mission of this project is to enable those that want to
participate to easily integrate the best and right implementation of core
components to build the best possible functioning system, to make the steps
for creating a functioning systems easily repeatable from a single core
image,  and to make the steps for contributing to the modification of
components that build systems transparent so that newer versions of
components can be adopted by system builders (or replaced by newer
implementations)  easily.  In short we want to exploit and support the
Object in Object Oriented Programming.

Detail requirements: 

1. Squeak Core image that allows developers of systems to select and easily
load core components.
2. System configurations that identify core dependencies, including
versions, packages, and external resources that are needed to easily rebuild
a functioning system from Squeak Core.
3. The ability to update, replace, or remove components to build new
configurations of a functioning system.
4. For the benefit of system developers: The ability to announce upgrades to
component objects and application packages.  
5. For the benefit of end users: The ability to announce upgrades to system
configurations.  

All the best,

Ron Teitelbaum
Head Of Engineering
3d Immersive Collaboration Consulting
ron at 3dicc.com
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