Should'nt every Smalltalk object know, where it can find its source?? 
Monticello as interim solution towards full OO-ish thinking?

Have fun, Guido Stepken

Am 10.11.2011 um 22:25 schrieb Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]>:

> The manifesto of the Mondrian-Core package is called ManifestoMondrianCore, 
> and is a subclass of Object.
> Maybe on some point we could have a class Manifesto in Pharo, but this is 
> another story.
> 
> Alexandre
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> On 10 Nov 2011, at 08:35, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> 
>> On 10 November 2011 16:50, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Ben!
>>> 
>>> I agree with you! We are currently working on a manifesto browser that will 
>>> include this information per package, and much more (e.g,. List of authors, 
>>> associated lint rules)
>>> 
>>> You can have a look at it if you wish. It is ManifestoBrowser from the 
>>> ss3.gemstone.com forge
>>> 
>> 
>> My main question is where such information will be stored in monticello 
>> package.
>> Because right now, we don't have any formal defined rules for keeping
>> such information.
>> And of course it is useful, especially to people who only getting started.
>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexandre
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Le 10 nov. 2011 à 07:36, Ben Coman <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>> 
>>>> greetings all,
>>>> 
>>>> Some hopefully constructive feedback as from a newbie perusing Monticello 
>>>> Browser in Pharo 1.3.
>>>> On the left-side there are a of packages listed and I don't know what any 
>>>> of them do.  On the right-side is list a few repositories with a lot of 
>>>> white space beneath.  What do you think of splitting the right-side 
>>>> horizontally to include a description of the package?
>>>> This could include:
>>>> 1. a textual description
>>>> 2. a link to a web page for the package, which could be an authors home 
>>>> page or a wiki page
>>>> 3. display of the linked web page within the Monticello Browser
>>>> 
>>>> This is just something I would find useful as I explored the system.  
>>>> Actually, it just occurred to me that the listed packages are delivered as 
>>>> an integral part of Pharo 1.3 system.  I see that some of them are marked 
>>>> with a star and I wonder what that means.  I did read the PBE Monticello 
>>>> chapter a while ago but its been awhile since I used Pharo and it didn't 
>>>> stick.  It is a pain searching for the description in PBE again - and a 
>>>> scan of this escription seems more about using Monticello as a developer 
>>>> than a newbie exploring the system.  I want to get familiar with the 
>>>> system by exploring it and my feeling of confidence depends on easily 
>>>> understanding the questions that arise as I am flipping through thing.
>>>> 
>>>> Any thoughts for having a help button on the Monticello Browser with 
>>>> "user" oriented information?
>>>> 
>>>> cheers,
>>>> BenComan
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko.
>> 
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