Hi goran I did not get at all why you need a new format. Without self. I think that if you want adoption of deltastream do not mix them with a file format.
Stef On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Göran Krampe wrote: > Hi! > > Keith Hodges wrote: >> Also with DeltaStreams integration with Installer, we might have the >> ability to load into a "Delta/SystemEditor" rather than actually in >> to >> the image. > > Ah! There's my queue! :) > > Yes, although I only read casually what you are talking about I do > agree > with the general notions expressed. And yes, hopefully we will soon > have > Deltas in a useful form. > > Quick status again, followed with some questions: > > - Lots of tests are now green, still lots of tests not green but > most of > them are "wishful thinking"-tests and not really broken tests. > - I am refactoring and cleaning right now, as a pre-cursor to adding > the > new file format. > - I am also just beginning to try out Tirade as a file format. For > more > info on Tirade, see my first article: > > http://goran.krampe.se/blog/Squeak/Tirade.rdoc > > So in a relatively short timeperiod I hope we have code to load and > save > Deltas as xxx.d (Delta Tirade format) and xxx.dgz (Gzipped). Would > these > two file extensions work? Or should we use convention *.d and *.d.gz? > > Next step IMHO is to write a Dual Change Sorter-ish tool for Deltas > - I > would also like to hear advice on how to build that in order to: > > - Be compatible with as many Squeak forks as possible. > - Get a clean nice simple tool. > > Just copy plain dual change sorter? Use Toolbuilder? Use MC codebase? > Omnibase? > > The end goal would be to fully replace Dual Change Sorter - which > means > that I would also like to have some support for loading a cs as a > Delta > and to save a Delta as a plain cs. > > ...and as always, if you like to join us in moving Deltastreams > forward, > just holler! > > regards, Göran > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
