[Cuis] Compatibility packages folder? (was Re: isXXX methods? (was Re: 4 additions to core?))

[H. Hirzel]

Juan

I created an issue for this

https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/issues/57

which contains your note

--Hannes

On 5/19/15, Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:
> Hi Hannes,
>
> On 5/17/2015 8:10 AM, H. Hirzel wrote:
>> Juan,
>>
>> the new CompatibilityPackages has
>>
>> - SqueakCompatibility
>>
>> - VMMaker
>> - Balloon
>>
>> in it. For SqueakCompatibility it is obvious that they are there. But
>> what about the other comparatively large packages. A README.md file
>> would clarify the situation why they are there.
>
> Yes, we'd write some. At least, right now, let me say that that folder
> is for SqueakCompatibility.pck.st, and any other packages that depend on
> it. VMMaker, for instance, is a verbatim copy of current VMMaker for
> Squeak, without a single line of code changed. But this is open for
> discussion.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich
>
>
>> --Hannes
>>
>> On 5/16/15, Juan Vuletich<juan at jvuletich.org>  wrote:
>>> On 5/16/2015 4:48 PM, David Graham wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 5/16/2015 1:19 PM, Phil (list) wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 2015-05-16 at 10:50 -0500, David Graham wrote:
>>>>>> Sounds fine to me, but I'm wondering if it would be a good time to
>>>>>> create a separate github repo for non-core packages?  It would be
>>>>>> nice
>>>>>> to have a central place for packages which are not ready or don't
>>>>>> belong
>>>>>> in core.
>>>>>>
>>>>> We already have an index of non-core packages.  Centralizing into one
>>>>> repo would defeat the whole point of git.
>>>> Sorry, for clarification I wasn't trying to suggest that we put every
>>>> package made for Cuis into a single repo, just the commonly used
>>>> ones.  Maybe just move what is now Packages into separate repo ?  In
>>>> all honesty, I don't have a strong opinion here, just brainstorming
>>>> ways to help grow the community and potentially lighten Juan's
>>>> workload.
>>>>
>>>> What I'd really like is to make all the legacy stuff like OSs, files,
>>>> and git go away. :)
>>> :)
>>>
>>> BTW, I just did a commit, with a new folder CompatibilityPackages.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Juan Vuletich
>>>
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