i wonder, wouldn't it be better to adopt a new smalltalk scripting format, which annouced here lately? IMO it is better to use single format for many different purposes than use multiple formats. What you think?
2009/3/20 Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>: > 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 > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
