Phil
If you put money on the table this can change the game.
Now our resources are CONSTRAINED>
Stef
Well, I am working with a couple startups in the mobile space.
You see that people uninstall larger apps.
It is not an opinion it is a metric. Also I am speaking about RAM too.
Nexus devices are special as they usually manage storage well and have
more than other devices. I have a nexus 7 around.
Some apps are not able to go to the external SD card and with devices
with 4 or 8 GB internal storage it becomes an issue once you factor in
pictures, movies etc. Cleanmaster not withstanding. I use it too. But
not everyone knows about it.
Lower end smartphones aren't as good.
I want Pharo to be relevant on my mobe as a dev platform through
HTML5. Maybe not today but ultimately.
Part of that is reducing the footprint. Java runs on the mobe in a
smaller footprint. So can Pharo.
A modular Pharo is the key and it is not easy to achieve it seems.
PharoME - "Micro Edition" is a powerful value proposition for a lot of
use cases.
Coupled with things like what Goran does with Nim could open
interesting avenues.
I agree that machines are getting more powerful and this will not
matter in the long run. But for getting in the game now it does.
That's the whole point I think.
Phil
Le 25 nov. 2014 00:48, "kilon alios" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
my opinion is this : if something needs to go because it does not
add to the usefulness of the package , then kill it without
hesitation and kill it with fire.
But if you kill it just for the sake of keeping the distribution
small then yes I have a problem with that especially for platforms
that size is not an issue for the vast majority of users.
Other than that I leave it to the good judgement of pharoers ,
obviously sometime is not a simple decision and will depend on the
particulars of the situation.
