On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote:
> Damien Cassou wrote: > >> I think the idea to have a Pharo launcher that lets the user pick a >> Pharo template (either bare pharo 2.0, pharo+seaside, >> pharo+seaside+mongodb+ >> magritte+voyage, pharo+pier, ...) and then create >> a new image the user must save somewhere is important. I want people >> to have one Pharo icon on their desk and just click it (like in >> Eclipse, word processors, virtual box...). Here is a set of >> requirements for such an application, please comment. >> >> - must be implemented in Pharo 2.0 with maintained technology (spec or >> glamour) >> - must be cross-platform (we want 1 application for all Pharo users) >> - must download the list of templates from internet (so that we don't >> have to update the application all the time) >> >> > be able to specify a LAN repository for templates - get this location from > initialization script or from environment variables That would be cool for organization specific needs... > > - must propose different kinds of template (stable/unstable, desktop/web) >> - must rapidly create an image out of the selected template (either by >> downloading Fueled packages, or by downloading ready-made images) >> - must cache the created images so that they do not have to be >> recreated all the time (except when a newer version is available) >> - must force the user to copy the created image so he can freely >> change it and crash it without impacting the cache of created images. >> - must present a list of recently launched images so that the user can >> just pick a recent image instead of creating a new one >> >> >> Please comment (and implement this idea) >> >> -- >> Damien Cassou >> http://damiencassou.**seasidehosting.st<http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st> >> >> "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without >> losing enthusiasm." >> Winston Churchill >> >> >> >> > > >
