have a look a the softwareUpdater class.
in essence
you have a list of files
pha-1232.cs
pha-1233.cs
…
then in the pha-1232.cs you get any smalltalk code
for Pharo, you get instructions to kick a script (method of ScriptLoader)
that will load a list of packages.
Stef
> thank you for helping me understand. Is there any chance the updating
> mechanics are documented somewhere ? I have noted to study metacello too.
>
> From: Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>
> To: dimitris chloupis <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, 24 August 2012, 22:03
> Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo fails to update
>
> > I am also wondering if update is good way to update my own code. I am
> > actually thinking distributing my own pharo distribution for a project I am
> > making called "Ephestos" (for visual and live coding, think of it as a
> > simplification of Pharo with eye candy but of course still very compatible
> > with pharo and squeak) and I wanted to provide to my users a super easy
> > "update" button to do its magic.
>
> the update mechanism is working well. this is unrelated to metacello.
>
> Stef
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