There is no magic if as a programmer we do not define the dependencies we
cannot do anything. ;)
so we should define configurationOf and we will take real advantages of them.
Now if you read the vision document you will see what we want:
we want a distribution that will be filled up automatically by
executing configurations that are published
in an inbox and validated (tests run, SmallLint rules run).
Then we will be able to have a one click install of projects that are certified
to load in a given image.
Stef
PS: SqueakMap failed because you had no idea is the package would load in your
image.
Believe me I know why I want the distribution infrastructure.
On Feb 26, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2013/2/26 Marcus Denker <[email protected]>:
>> On Feb 26, 2013, at 5:33 PM, "Esteban A. Maringolo" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>
>>> If you count the number of packages in SmalltalkHub and compare them
>>> to the ones in Npmjs.org, it is impressive how much we have.
>> But isn't "package" more like "repository" on smalltalkhub?
>
> It is a Project, but on the explore screen it says Packages, so... who knows?
> :)
>
> But it is true that GitHub is to SmalltakHub what npm/gem is to...?
>
>>> Of course NPM's user base is two orders of magnitude greater, but we
>>> need to start having more killer app "modules", and some sort of
>>> guideline for those starting with Pharo and/or Smalltalk.
>> And we need a system in the first place like that… smalltalkhub is more for
>> code
>> repositories, not in itself a repository of installable entities.
>
> Yes, having packages as "artifacts" is more straightforward than the
> configurations and all that jazz.
>
> The MetaRepo is going in that direction, but I still think that
> evaluating the install statements with Gofer or anything similar in a
> Workspace is somehow alien for a non smalltalker.
>
> There should be something that wraps Gofer and works like the apt, npm
> or gem commands.
>
>> So there is a lot of work ahead… but we will get there.
>
> No doubts of that.
>
>
> Regards!
>
