[squeak-dev] The Inbox: Traits-pre.307.mcz

Nicolas Cellier nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com
Fri Nov 20 20:54:58 UTC 2015


Concerning Traits I would keep them in trunk for these reasons:
- if the package is not in trunk it will rapidly rot
- this package can extend cross compatibility with Pharo a bit further
I don't know which package really use them though, but that's my feeling

2015-11-20 20:18 GMT+01:00 karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com>:

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> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 7:40 PM, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
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>> Should we keep Traits? It was a neat idea that I was happy to support but
>> it got left unfinished. Where are tools to develop & manage Traits? Where
>> is the usage?
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>> Unless there is a compelling reason - and subsequent effort to fill out
>> support - I suggest we should remove them. Along with Islands. And
>> Universes. And probably Environments too, since that has stalled without
>> becoming a proper part of the system.
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> Yes, it's very hard to maintain half implemented stuff, that lacks
> documentation and direction.
> And if people really cared about any of these I guess they would be used
> somehow. And improved over the years. Very little has happened with either
> of these.
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> If these subsystems are just cruft left over and nobody uses them, it
> would be good to move them out of trunk.
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> Best,
> Karl
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>> tim
>> --
>> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
>> Strange OpCodes: IG: Insert Garbage
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