Hard to see any harm in this. If nothing else it might make it a smidge easier to update some old packages?

> On 2021-10-14, at 1:23 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> CC to the board mailing list for review.
> 
> We don't normally update release images this long after the
> original release (it has been six years now), but I cannot think
> of any harm in doing so in this case. My only worry is that users
> browsing the http://files.squeak.org/4.6/ folder would see the
> new zip file with a timestamp of 2021, and that might be confusing.
> I suppose that a readme file in the folder could address that concern.
> 
> I just made a Squeak4.6-15118.zip by updating the Squeak4.6-15102
> image, followed by flushing the MC caches, doing a garbage collect, 
> and saving as Squeak4.6-15118. If that seems acceptable I'll provide
> the zip for upload to the server.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 01:31:06PM +0200, stes at PANDORA.BE wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> This is a request especially for those with an interest in old Squeak versions.
>> 
>> The latest image that I see for the 4.6 branch (image format 6504) of Squeak is:
>> 
>> Squeak4.6-15102.zip	2015-07-09 14:25	7.9M	File
>> 
>> http://files.squeak.org/4.6/
>> 
>> However, when updating that image using the global menu "Update Squeak",
>> 
>> http://source.squeak.org/squeak46.html
>> http://source.squeak.org/squeak46
>> 
>> There are updates over there (some of them quite interesting ones) more
>> recent than 2015.
>> 
>> My request is : would it please be possible to put a 
>> 
>> Squeak4.6-15118.zip
>> 
>> on files.squeak.org in the 4.6 directory please ?
>> 
>> The 15118 version includes a new fix for example :
>> 
>> ========== Compiler-dtl.305 ==========
>> 
>> Backport Compiler-eem.394 to squeak46. Required for various VMMaker and VM plugins that use _:_:_: syntax convention for C function code generation.
>> 
>> Name: Compiler-eem.394
>> Author: eem
>> 
>> Another example why I request a Squeak4.6-15118.zip image:
>> 
>> To automate updates from the command line, I like to do:
>> 
>>   MCMcmUpdater default doUpdate:false.
>> 
>> however sending that message is not possible in the 15102 image.
>> 
>> Only 
>> 
>> MCMcmUpdater updateFromServer.
>> 
>> works in the 15102 image, and you first have to update in order to send
>> the message:
>> 
>>   MCMcmUpdater default doUpdate:false.
>> 
>> for a non-interactive (automated) update with the doUpdate: argument false.
>> 
>> So would it please be possible to put a Squeak4.6-15118.zip at
>> 
>> http://files.squeak.org/4.6/
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> David Stes
>> 
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