1. Created fresh Pharo image (build 60269)
2. Opened World > Tools > Epicea > All changes
Points for discussion...
a. How many submenu items are expected for Epicea? Can we push the
current ones up so the Tools menu remains a flat menu.
b. Do we need the two current menu items? "Current session" is
encompassed by "All changes"? What expectations do people have of how
often they'll use the former rather than the latter?
c. When people move from Pharo 5 to Pharo 6 and in a panic want to
"recover changes" for a crashed image, they'll be looking for that
familiar feature name, not a new app name. Could the app name be left
out or placed in brackets "Changes (Epicea)".
btw, the interface looks really slick! nice work.
3. Opened World > System Browser.
4. Added package AAA
All Changes window - no dynamic change.
On <refresh>, still no change, i.e. no sessions
#New All Changes window - not visible, no sessions.
5. Added class AA.
All Changes window - no dynamic change.
On <refresh>, shows new session with AAA & AA.
5. Added method...
AA>a
^'something'
Prompted for author, entered 'BenComan'
All Changes window with session selected - dynamic update showing
AA>>a.
6. Added package BBB.
All Changes window - no dynamic update.
On <refresh>, BBB still not visible in session.
7. Added class A to package AAA.
All Changes window - dynamic update showing A.
On <refresh>, BBB still not visible in session.
8. Added class BB to package BBB.
All Changes window - dynamic update showing BBB & BB.
a. Package creation event seems not handled properly, being only
pushed through when a class is created in it.
b. Since there is a dynamic update for class and method
modifications, could the session creation also dynamically update it
UI.
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9. Killed the vm from command line
$ ps -ef | grep pharo
$ kill 29349
Restarted Pharo image
10. World > Tools > Epica > All changes.
Authorship is inconsistent:
* AAA and AA have blank author
* AA>>a, A, BBB, B have author 'BenComan'.
a. I understand this follows on from Author not being requested until
the first method was defined. Did the old changes track the author of
packages and classes at all?
b. Since Epicea can track package and class authors, can we trigger
the author prompt earlier for them?
11. Selected all previous changes AAA, AA, AA>>a, A, BBB, BB
and did <Apply Changes>.
Prompted for author. Entered 'DrWho'
Existing All Changes window - no change
New All Changes window - shows new session with all six changes.
Authorship is a little inconsistent:
* AAA and AA have author 'Unknown'.
* AA>>a, A, BBB, B have blank author.
12. Killed the vm from command line
$ ps -ef | grep pharo
$ kill 30696
Restarted Pharo image
13. World > Tools > Epica > All changes.
Authorship is a little inconsistent:
First session
* AAA and AA have blank author
* AA>>a, A, BBB, B have author 'BenComan'.
Second session
* AAA and AA have blank author
* AA>>a, A, BBB, B have author 'DrWho'.
a. Epicea changes are reapplied as the current author. This seems a
semantic change from Pharo 5 where changes were reapplied as their
original author. Is this accidental or by design? Can we have some
community discussion on this point (I don't remember seeing any)?
cheers -ben
P.S. I'll wait to see what arises out of discussion before creating
any issues.
