Ok

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok for me.
>
> Cheers,
> Alexandre
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> On 4 Mar 2009, at 10:30, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
>
>> So we should proceed that way:
>>       - Put a big warning + the expression to switch debugger in the pharo-
>> dev
>>       - then we follow what dale is saying
>>               - I will produce a list of important features we need to have
>>                       -- copy stack
>>                       -- chase pointer
>>                       ... in OT
>>
>> Is is ok for your community?
>>
>> Stef
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Dale Henrichs <[email protected]>
>>> Date: March 3, 2009 6:57:36 PM CEST
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: On the OTDebugger...
>>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> Steph,
>>>
>>> This note isn't about your 'disable OB-debugger for now message',
>>> but it is a response, of sorts to the ensuing discussion.
>>>
>>> If you want a '120% debugger' then folks working on Pharo need to
>>> use the debugger and eat their own dogfood. It's the only way to
>>> ensure that a tool like the debugger gets enough coverage to ensure
>>> that it is stable. With that said, I wouldn't want to commit to
>>> using a tool that was broken or that I couldn't depend upon.
>>>
>>> With that in mind, I am willing to commit to the following things:
>>>
>>> 1. fix any bugs or implement any features that are deemed as show
>>> stoppers with the current OTDebugger - i.e., the things that are
>>> preventing folks from getting work done today.
>>>
>>> 2. I also promise a quick response to any show stopper bugs that
>>> folks come across while doing development with the OTDebugger (or
>>> any other of the OB-Tools).
>>>
>>> I came to maintain the OB-Tools through the 'back door'. I use a
>>> branch the OB-Tools in GLASS and have decided to maintain the OB-
>>> Tools for the Squeak/Pharo community as a way to contribute back to
>>> the community. What that means specifically is that next to Lukas, I
>>> probably know more about the OB-Tools than anyone else, however, I
>>> don't have a laundry list of features that need to be added to the
>>> debugger.
>>>
>>> I could go through the Squeak debugger and duplicate all of the
>>> 'missing features', but my personal sense is that some of those
>>> features aren't useful - I know that I have not even read all of the
>>> menu items in the old Squeak debugger, let alone tried to figure out
>>> what they do...
>>>
>>> Getting a list of important/missing features from a small group is
>>> important to me (at least at the start). I don't have a personal
>>> sense of "what's missing" from the current OTDebugger, since I have
>>> not used the old Squeak debugger extensively. So getting feedback
>>> from "old hands" is important, but I also know that I won't be able
>>> to respond correctly to a general query for "what's missing from the
>>> debugger?"
>>>
>>> For direction towards the "120% debugger", I think it makes sense
>>> that you and rest of the Pharo leadership team make a list of
>>> "debugger franchise features" - i.e., a list of features that are a
>>> must have for the Pharo debugger and the other OB-Tools as well
>>> (BTW, if that list is to "duplicate all of the 'missing features'"
>>> then that's fine and I'm willing to do it).
>>>
>>> The debugger along with browsers are the face of the development
>>> environment and I don't want to bloat the debugger without at least
>>> a second opinion and I trust the opinions of you and the rest of the
>>> Pharo leadership team.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>
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