Hi Jonas, On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 2:06 PM Jonas Smedegaard <jo...@jones.dk> wrote:
> Hi Phil, > > Quoting Phil Bellalouna (2021-08-17 05:10:24) > > * Package name : opensmalltalk-vm > > Version : 1.0 > > Upstream Author : squeak.org > > * URL : https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm > > * License : MIT > > Programming Lang: Smalltalk, C > > Description : High performance virtual machine for Smalltalk > > > > (this is part of the Squeak project https://squeak.org) > > > [...] > > First of all, sorry for the late reply! > No worries. Your timing is actually just about perfect as we have some things nearly ready to go and some administrative decisions will need to be made. > > I am quite happy to help maintain opensmalltalk-vm. I have tried > several times wrap my head around it but failed so far, so I am very > pleased that you are reaching out and want to do this collaboratively. > That's great to hear. There's nothing terribly complicated about it, but some of the approach and conventions adopted predate modern open source by a couple of decades. So it can tend to look a bit alien if you're not used to it. Hopefully I can fill in any gaps and generally help you make sense of it. > I suggest that we use the Sugar team as platform for this package - just > because it exists already, has very low activity, and is somewhat > related (although if I understand correctly opensmalltalk-vm is not > usable with EToys which is the only Smalltalk piece in Sugar. > That works for me. That is correct, opensmalltalk-vm will not (directly) support EToys or Scratch which is part of why we also want to keep (and still maintain upstream) the squeak-vm package. One of the things I've been working on is for multiple VMs to co-exist side-by-side to enable simultaneously running old and new images which we can discuss in more detail as we get into it. > If that's ok with you (and if you are still around and interested, after > this much silence on my part) then please create an account at Salsa and > request membership in the Sugar team - as that's how you can have write > access to our git repos there. More info on that at > https://wiki.debian.org/Sugar#Development and more generally at > https://wiki.debian.org/Salsa I've registered at Salsa but am getting a message: 'You have signed up successfully. However, we could not sign you in because your account is awaiting approval from your GitLab administrator.' So I guess I'm waiting for someone to review and approve the registration? > > > You might also want to register at the Sugar mailinglist, to receive the > emails related to the packaging work. > I'm still subscribed the pkg-sugar-dev mailing list so assuming that's the list you mean, we should be good to go there. > > > Kind regards, > > - Jonas > Thanks and looking forward to discussing further, Phil