[squeak-dev] ReleaseBuilder* -> 45Deprecated?
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Fri May 3 10:21:06 UTC 2013
On 2013-05-03, at 08:06, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 May 2013 02:14, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So I would like to turn ReleaseBuilderFor4dot5 into the one and only
>>> ReleaseBuilder, delete the old 3.11-4.4 builders, ...
>>
>> I totally agree with the above.
>>
>>> ... and put
>>> ReleaseBuilder(Nihongo|Squeakland) into a separate package, loaded in
>>> during the release process but otherwise not in Trunk. (In other
>>> words, they go the same route as XML-Parser, Universes and so on.)
>>
>> One thing I've been hoping for is a re-convergence of some of the
>> previously-forked Squeaks back into trunk and made into loadable
>> packages. Etoys, for example. That project could possibly benefit by
>> getting image fixes and an improved base image (based on trunk).
>> Squeak obviously benefits by having more neat, externally loadable
>> packages available.
>>
>> So, while those packages themselves need to stay out of trunk, those
>> communities might need some sort of customization scripts to deploy
>> the image that their users expect.
>
>
> Indeed. I'd expect Etoys to have their own EtoysReleaseBuilder in
> their package list.
>
> frank
Yep.
- Bert -
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