[squeak-dev] The Inbox: PreferenceBrowser-dtl.99.mcz

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Sun Feb 16 15:20:56 UTC 2020


On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 05:38:09PM -0800, tim Rowledge wrote:
> 
> 
> > On 2020-02-15, at 5:09 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I just noticed that the preference wizard for setting up Squeak 5.3
> > invites the user to install a Metacello configuration that was intended
> > to accommodate some earlier Pharo version, which naturally is obsolete
> > anyhow. I'd like to fix this for the Squeak release.
> 
> 
> Definitely fix it. Bugs is what we crush at this stage.
> 

Done.

I moved three packages. The first is unrelated, but a cleanup, and I
already had it in the version hisitory so it comes along for the ride.

  MonticelloConfigurations-dtl.157
  MonticelloConfigurations-dtl.158
  PreferenceBrowser-dtl.99

>
> I'm a bit puzzled why loading metacello would included in the initial
> setup whizzard though; it seems a bit 'advanced' (maybe not the right
> term) to be in something to help newcomers get started.
> 

I added some information to the OSProcess home page to clarify. Metacello
is not needed, that was just a configuration to support an earlier Pharo
version.

Dave



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