On 12 August 2011 16:52, Henrik Johansen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On 12. aug. 2011, at 15:15, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>> hi guys
>>
>> Context:
>> So let us face it our attempt to manage a core and another image did not 
>> work well. After RPackage I will focus on a process (based on metacello) 
>> where
>> we take a core + a spec + fixes and it produces a new core + a new spec + a 
>> new set of packages. But I need time to do that.
>>
>> Actions:
>> So now we are including several packages in the image so that we do not have 
>> two images.
>>    FS
>>    RB engine
>>    Shout
>>    OCompletion
>>    Collection-Arithmetics
>>    SystemAnnouncement
>>        this one is special and some of you may not know it.
>>        It is a package that raise announcement for system changes.
>>        The idea is that we will then
>>            1- change all the tools to register to SystemAnnouncement
>>            2- replace all the SystemChangeNotification hooks by 
>> SystemAnnouncement
>>            3- remove our old friend SystemChangeNotifier.
>>
>> The idea is then to be able to integrate/enhance these packages deeper into 
>> the system
>>    FS for example to replace the old file package
>>
>> Stef, Marcus, Igor, Luc, Nick sprinting on a sunday day (yes it happens here 
>> too).
>>
>
>>
> Ugh.
> Collection-Aritmetics was extracted exactly -because- it's nothing that 
> belongs in image by default...

I have no idea why it required.. hopefully we could remove users of it
and unload it again :)

> As for RB, my impression through your conversations with Lukas is that it's 
> not enough to include it, you need someone who understands the architecture 
> for bug fixes/changes that preserve architectural integrity rather than end 
> up as ugly hacks.
>
> I like the functionality of OCompletion, but from what little I've read of 
> Shout, only it's mother could love it. (same applies to texteditor etc. 
> though, so I guess it's not a very good argument against integrating it)
>

So true. But first we need to integrate this stuff, and then start
working on cleaning it out.



> FS + SystemAnnouncements, I'm all for :)
>
> Cheers,
> Henry
>



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