Benoit
Let us start with some concrete questions
- Do you have a concrete list of package not working?
- Then do you prefer to have a vectorial UI with zomable facilities,
clean code or just and old fuzzy bitmap.
Same question: do you prefer Zinc and a nice HTTP layer or and old pre
internet library?
- Do you expect DOS applications to work nowadays? Do you care?
Stef
On Dec 29, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Benoit St-Jean wrote:
> I was wondering what is planned regarding packages available on SqueakSource
> and Pharo. More and more packages can't load in Pharo and it gets more and
> more frustrating not being able to load anything without having to add/modify
> methods/classes all over the place so those packages can load properly in
> Pharo. Are we looking at a Pharo-only kind of SqueakSource in the future ?
Probably.
With quality-rules run automatically, style checking rules and some more.
And with tests of course and automatically.
We should have a Pharo distribution. I will come.
> Besides, having to handle platform specific (i.e. Pharo vs Squeak) for every
> package is adding more complexity than what is needed. I know backward
> compatibility was thrown away from the start to avoid compromises in Pharo
> but how do we take care of the fact that as each day passes, less and less
> stuff from SqueakSource is usable in Pharo ?
>
> tia
>
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