[squeak-dev] The Inbox: System-cmm.1059.mcz
Tim Johnson
digit at sonic.net
Thu Apr 4 14:51:00 UTC 2019
On Apr 2, 2019, at 3:00 PM, Jakob Reschke wrote:
> On the other hand, installing Metacello is nearly every time the
> first thing I have to do in a fresh Trunk image to load any
> projects from GitHub with their dependencies. The shorter the way
> to install Metacello, the better. I was delighted to have it in the
> menu. Not that I particularly like Metacello, but I *need* it.
+1
I'll note that one of the intended use cases of Metacello is to
automate image-building for test environments. Think zero-click
install rather than one-click install. I imagine Installer is good
for that too, in Squeak.
I still see these as complementary rather than competing tools.
> Installing the current incarnation of the refactoring tools might
> be another good candidate for an image initialization shortlist. I
> mostly live without them just because the buttons to install them
> are too many clicks away...
Where are they?
Thanks,
Tim J
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