Hi Lukas, is not that *it can't* is that, as a development platform, Pharo needs to provide kernel+tools, not just kernel. Anyway, I was not arguing against having a small kernel, I was arguing against pharo "just doing" the kernel. Linux itself can't be distributed just as a kernel, it is distributed with a full set of different tools: GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, etc. (btw... this is one of the arguments Stallman allways says about Linux: it was possible because there was already a lot of tools) And, in that case, just as Linux, we can't just do the kernel, we need to provide development tools... otherwise, people wont use it. I myself wont use it for my commercial applications if I do not have something like OmniBrowser to develop.
What I'm saying: Pharo is not the Kernel, is the Kernel + Tools (we are not just linux... we are linux+eclipse, if you want) What I'm NOT saying: Kernel and Tools should be coupled. (If ppl whant kernel+other things, they are welcome to have it... I myself will want it) ...and I'm also saying that, at this stage (while we are achieving the "modularization phase") , it is ok that Tools are reduced to it's minimum... of course if I can load other dev tools, like ob or glamour). But we as Pharo community need to ensure there are a powerful set of tools that makes ppl happy. Cheers, Esteban El 02/01/2012, a las 1:41p.m., Lukas Renggli escribió: >> IMHO, Pharo can never be just what Lukas propose: just a kernel, like linux, >> allowing different distributions. > > Esteban, why not? Can you give one technical reason why what Linux > does cannot work for Pharo? > > Lukas > > -- > Lukas Renggli > www.lukas-renggli.ch >
