Installer quirk idea :) (Was: Re: [squeak-dev] The Inbox: AlienInstaller-mha.4.mcz)

> A new version of AlienInstaller was added to project The Inbox:
> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/AlienInstaller-mha.4.mcz
>
> ==================== Summary ====================
>
> Name: AlienInstaller-mha.4
> Author: mha
> Time: 4 September 2009, 9:33:33 am
> UUID: 12c65287-2707-43b1-895e-638d4b8ed545
> Ancestors: AlienInstaller-mha.3
>
> added script to have Alien installation proceed automatically
>
> =============== Diff against AlienInstaller-mha.1 ===============
>
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: AlienInstaller class>>postInstallInitialization (in category 'installation') -----
> + postInstallInitialization
> +       #( ParseNode Alien AlienLibrary FFICallbackThunk Callback UnsafeAlien )
> +               do: [ :c | c initialize ]
> +               displayingProgress: 'Initializing ...'!
>
> Item was added:
>
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: AlienInstaller class>>recompileAlien (in category 'installation') -----
> + recompileAlien
> +       (PackageInfo named: 'Alien') methods
> +               do: [:ea | ea actualClass recompile: ea methodSymbol]
> +               displayingProgress: 'Recompiling...'!
>
> Item was changed:
>  ----- Method: AlienInstaller class>>install (in category 'installation') -----
>  install
>        | repository |
>        repository := (Installer repository: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/') project: 'Alien'.
> +       #( 'Alien-Core' 'Alien-CoreTest' 'Alien-Examples' 'Alien-LibC' )
> -       #( 'Alien-Core-First' 'Alien-Core' 'Alien-Examples' 'Alien-LibC' 'Alien-CoreTest' 'Alien-Last-Class-Initialize' )
>                do: [ :p | repository install: p ]
>                displayingProgress: 'Installing Alien packages ...'.
> +       self
> +               recompileAlien;
> +               postInstallInitialization!
> -       (PackageInfo named: 'Alien') methods
> -               do: [:ea | ea actualClass recompile: ea methodSymbol]
> -               displayingProgress: 'Recompiling...'!
>
>
>

> We discussed a bit the procedure, how to make it easy and convenient to
> install
> a multiple packages using Installer in a convenient way.
>
> Prerequisites:
> - you having a multiple packages , and need some untrivial steps to
> complete installation, which usually can't be handled
> purely by MC
> - for that, you creating a MyPackage-Installer package and put it in
> same repository as your project located.
>
> Now, what we want is:
> - load the MyPackage-Installer package
>
> - for all its classes, which implement #install method, run them.
> then after we're finished, unload the MyPackage-Installer package,
> because it is no longer needed, since its only job is
> to load the actual project to image.
>
> I think it could be as simple as adding this to Installer, so you could type:
>
> Installer autoInstallFromMC: urlToRepository
>
> then installer should list the repository files, try to find the
> package with name, which ends with 'Installer' string,
> and then load it and continue with the steps i described above.

>
>
>
> On 9/4/09 4:58 AM, "Igor Stasenko" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> We discussed a bit the procedure, how to make it easy and convenient to
>> install
>> a multiple packages using Installer in a convenient way.
>>
>> Prerequisites:
>> - you having a multiple packages , and need some untrivial steps to
>> complete installation, which usually can't be handled
>> purely by MC
>> - for that, you creating a MyPackage-Installer package and put it in
>> same repository as your project located.
>>
>> Now, what we want is:
>> - load the MyPackage-Installer package
>>
>> - for all its classes, which implement #install method, run them.
>> then after we're finished, unload the MyPackage-Installer package,
>> because it is no longer needed, since its only job is
>> to load the actual project to image.
>>
>> I think it could be as simple as adding this to Installer, so you could type:
>>
>> Installer autoInstallFromMC: urlToRepository
>>
>> then installer should list the repository files, try to find the
>> package with name, which ends with 'Installer' string,
>> and then load it and continue with the steps i described above.
>
>
> I think Monticello have preamble and postscript now or I'm wrong ?
>
> So no need of Installer at all, only appropriated DoIts
>
> In fact , one of the things I wish is get rid of Installer, SM,
> Universes.ScriptLoader and ReleaseBuilder on the trunk image.
>
> All should live outside of image and people who need, want or miss could
> load to last versions.
>