[ANN] LevelPlayingField

> So this script basically loads up packages that removes a bunch of api
> incompatibilities across versions all the way back to 3.7?  That is
> AWESOME.  
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> It would be really cool if you were to include the
> package 'http://www.squeaksource.com/Glorp37Compat'
> <http://www.squeaksource.com/Glorp37Compat%27>
> as this contains a bunch of compatibility methods for 3.7's String and
> Character methods (there's nothing really glorp specific in it).  Lots
> of post-3.7 code uses these methods and thus won't load in 3.7.  Among
> them, the postgres client.

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>  Hello All,
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>  In order to write/test packages in various squeak image versions, it would
> be very helpful if there were some (more) commonality between them in terms
> of the installation tools that they support.
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>  Introducing....   "Level Playing Field"
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>  LevelPlayingField is a script (LPF.st) which can be fed to 3.7, 3.8, 3.8.1,
> 3.8.2, 3.9, 3.10 etc etc in order to get a basic level of common
> functionality.
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>  This script hands off to scripts hosted at http://installer.pbwiki.com/
> which are crafted specifically for each version of squeak.
>
>  Here is an example of how you use it from a command line prompt...
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>  #> squeak Squeak3.7-5989-basic.image
> http://installer.pbwiki.com/f/LPF.st Installer +debug
> user=kph do=Tidy;Update;MagmaSeaside SmalltalkImage save=MS.image +quit
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>  This performs the following...
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>  1. Load squeak with the given image, run the LevelPlayingField script
> LPF.st
>  2. Control is passed to scripts at
> http://installer.pbwiki.com/LevelPlayingField
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>  Installer, Monticello1.5, MonticelloConfigurations and Launcher are loaded,
>  control passes to Launcher to handle further command line parameters.
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>  3. Command  line paramter 3, "Installer" passes control back to Installer.
>  4. Debug mode is enabled.
>  5. User initials are set to 'kph' (for example)
>  6. Control is passed to scripts at
> http://installer.pbwiki.com/Tidy where
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>  All windows are closed and the Mouse Logo is removed (sorry)
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>  7. The script "Update" loads nominated bug fixes and package updates.
>  8. The script "MagmaSeaside" is ficticious right now... but it would
> install Magma and Seaside.
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>  9. Control passes to SmalltalkImage
>  10. The image is saved under the name MS.image
>  11. Quit!
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>  If you wish to use installer.pwiki.com for your build scripts, you will
> need to guess the password... the clue is ... "what noise does a mouse
> make".
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>  I would like to open up installer.pbwiki.com to others who use different
> images in order to fine tune them. For example I cant get the 3.9 Kernel
> Image to work on my Mac, so we need a kernelImage expert to fill in the
> details.
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>  I have defined a series of scripts, in addition to "Tidy" we also have a
> more aggressive option, "Clean" for removing "Stuff", these two could use
> filling in by folks who are more expert at removing stuff than I.
>
>  Finally there is a slot "Update" for Bug Fixes, and Package Updates for
> images...
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>  Fine tuning this "Level Playing Field" will need to be something undertaken
> by the community, I propose, if no one objects that the
> [hidden email] mailing list be used
> for this purpose. Also if you want to discuss the possibilities at any point
> I am available in irc #squeak most days.
>
>  best regards
>
>  Keith
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