Thanks, Ben. Stuff copied.

Cheers, Jan


On Fri, 2015-09-18 at 21:54 +0800, Ben Coman wrote:
> Jan, Thanks for your contribution. Actually I hadn't uploaded
> anything
> yet since I was waiting on more votes on renaming, but to push ahead
> I
> settled on SmalltalkCompatibility [1], since I think the repo can
> serve a wider purpose than just ANSI.
> 
> I added you to the PharoExtras team. Hopefully that works.
> 
> [1] http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~PharoExtras/SmalltalkCompatibility
> 
> cheers -ben
> 
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Jan Vrany <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > > I would rename it to SmalltalkCompatibility to
> > > > ANSICompatibility
> > > > because "Compatibility" is a too general term and could mean
> > > > backward compatibility
> > > > of Pharo versions or compatibility to other languages as well.
> > > 
> > > That was me :)  I was thinking more broadly that over time the
> > > "repository" might  hold different packages Compatibility-ANSI,
> > > Compatibility-VW, Compatibility-Dolphin.  But maybe that is
> > > overreaching and its better to be more focussed. Let me know what
> > > you
> > > think on this and restate what you think the repository name
> > > should
> > > be.
> > 
> > Ben, could you please give me a commit access? I intend to
> > move Compatibility-SmalltalkX and Compatibility-ANSI (which
> > I created and "maintain" for my own need). Maybe some others
> > may find them useful or maybe even contribute.
> > 
> > Cheers, Jan
> > 
> > > 
> > > > Also see http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2384 and
> > > > http://map.squeak.org/package/d7011055-4446-4b8e-b6da-e7e32d338
> > > > 9ec
> > > > which could be a start.
> > > 
> > > I saw those, but they interact with existing classes, so I
> > > thought it
> > > easier to kickstart by loading in the tests first, which are all
> > > new
> > > classes.  I only created the repository since the tests were
> > > *hard*
> > > to
> > > find eventually at
> > > http://www.spacmunke.org/svn/jst/trunk/src/test/ansi/ansi-compati
> > > bili
> > > ty/
> > > So I thought it would be good make them more accessible as a
> > > Monticello Package.
> > > 
> > > cheers -ben
> > > 
> > > P.S. I don't quite follow "to SmalltalkCompatibility to
> > > ANSICompatibility"
> > > do you mean "to SmalltalkCompatibility or ANSICompatibility" ?
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 08. September 2015 um 22:53 Uhr
> > > > > Von: stepharo <[email protected]>
> > > > > An: "Pharo Development List" <[email protected]>
> > > > > Betreff: Re: [Pharo-dev] ANSICompatibility package
> > > > > 
> > > > > We should have a SmalltalkCompatibility (not Ansi per se)
> > > > > package
> > > > > were we can add some methods to help migration.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Stef
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Le 8/9/15 06:04, Ben Coman a écrit :
> > > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Jan Vrany <
> > > > > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > is there actually such a thing like ANSICompatibility
> > > > > > > package?
> > > > > > > (it has been mentioned here lately, but I cannot find it)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thanks, Jan
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > I made it up for the purpose of discussion to see what
> > > > > > interest
> > > > > > it generated.
> > > > > > Should we start one ?
> > > > > > cheers -ben
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
> 

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