On 15.03.2012, at 08:28, Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:

> On 3/15/12 1:33 AM, "Bert Freudenberg" <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> 
>> But I see no reason to move those methods into the GetText package. That seems to be an artifact from earlier development. 
>> 
>> Edgar: we can't just copy the Etoys packages. If it was as simple, we would have done it a long time ago :) You need to use proper judgement what would work best in trunk, not just use what's in Etoys.
>> 
>> E.g., in Etoys we always have the GetText package loaded. But for Squeak, it should be optional, because we have the goal of making the core image smaller. That means, e.g. String>>translated should be in the System package, not in GetText. 
>> 
>>> Using the diffs reported in the mailing list, it's impossible to tell, since they are against a version which was not added or not reported...
>> 
>> The diffs are generated by our squeak source server. So they are meaningful, because they are always reported against an ancestor that is in trunk. 
>> 
>> - Bert -
> 
> 
> Yes , I know and believe me I trying to get same functional in 4.4 with different packages.
> I copy the ancestors from my repo for test to trunk and follow Nico advice for configuration.
> And for having a smaller Core, well, I asking for it for long time.
> Also we need a Kernel and IMHO the SOB should send a nice mail to Pavel , sure he helps us.
> 
> Edgar

What Pavel has done is great, but not immediately usable for us. We want to keep things working, while untangling the packages to arrive at a minimal image. 

- Bert -


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