> On 15 Mar 2018, at 00:08, Cyril Ferlicot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On mer. 14 mars 2018 at 18:18, Marcus Denker <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 9 Mar 2018, at 23:34, Torsten Bergmann <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Additional portable versions would be nice too (based on a simple ZIP) > > instead of only the installable apps > > > > Is there a deeper reason for this? If I look at “other systems”, they manage > to have *one* download, *one* way of installing. > For me, offering *a lot* of possible different ways means that the user has > to choose without knowing why there is even the option to choose… > > The problem is that Pharo is different from other systems. When you install > eclipse, you'll use the installed eclipse for all your projects for a long > time. > > Pharo images are more like a "disposable". You'll not use the same Pharo > image for multiple big projects and you'll more easily throw away an image to > take a new one from time to time. > > Actually I think I download and delete around 5 images/day sometime.
IMO this just strengthen Marcus argument :) > This complicate a little things because sometime you want to directly > download one image. Sometime you want to have one application to manage your > images (Pharo launcher) Why? You have launcher: you download all images you want (btw… I still believe launcher UI needs love, but one thing at a time ;) ) And if you need more complex stuff, you always have the “other” section. but I side with Marcus here: we need ONE blessed way of manage pharo, otherwise is an un-managable mess. cheers, Esteban ps: btw, we’ll need also - OBS for the launcher (to have linux packaging) - signing the launcher on mac (we already did this for the VM, we can do the same for launcher). And distribute it as dmg, not zip (a dmg is just a zip renamed so no problem here). - a windows installer pps: we are taking volunteers to tackle this stuff ;) > > > > Marcus > -- > Cyril Ferlicot > https://ferlicot.fr <https://ferlicot.fr/>
