Stef,

I think that the core of Metacello is very solid. Doru is using it for Moose (a 
large project) and I am using it for GLASS managing 20 some individual projects 
like Pier, Seaside 2.8 and Magritte. I am working on a Metacello configuration 
for Seaside 3.0 - almost 70 packages and around 30 sub projects ...

The API (DSL actually) and UI is still under development. 

The API is usable but in a few places is probably more complex than it needs to 
be. The UI is virtually non-existent, but that is being worked on, right Doru:).

So far I've been able to maintain backwards compatibility for the API as Doru 
and I have moved the API forward, but until we've finalized things there's 
always the chance that we'd need to 'break' something. 

If we have a good UI, then the changes in the API can be hidden to a large 
extent...

In the end it is probably prudent to wait a bit before going with widespread 
usage of Metacello within Pharo and use it only in the places with particularly 
difficult configuration issues...

Within the next month I will be facing a similar decision - I am pushing hard 
on Seaside 3.0 on top of GemStone 2.4 and Metacello is an integral part of the 
effort. I will need to decide whether the API is mature enough at that time to 
push out the GLASS release.

Dale

----- "Stéphane Ducasse" <[email protected]> wrote:

| Hi
| 
| I value the idea that when we look for a software (for example SIXX)
| we can find a version that is working. In the past we used Universes
| and
| if was successful.
| We cannot not have squeakmap and universe at the same time.
| I discussed with damien briefly about that and he told me that we coud
|  
| have
| a metacello alternative.
| Now I wonder if for pharo 1.0 it makes sense.
| May be having a nice Universe for pharo would be good and important.
| 
| Dale what do you think?
| Do you see metacello working in the story (may be for 1.1)?
| Stef
| 
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