New updates (Supporting packages with their own Git repository was: Loading StyledText using a script)

> Hi Folks,
>
> I have just updated https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
> . When we are happy with this, I can do a 4.3 release, as the
> enhancements to Features are quite important.
>
> These changes include Ken's enhancements to support version ranges in
> FeatureRequisite, and a couple of new convenience methods in Feature, to
> enable things like
>      Feature require: 'Sound'
>      Feature require: 'Tests' version: 1.0
>      (FeatureRequirement name: #'Sound' minVersion: 1 minRevision: 23
> maxVersion: 3) require
>
> They also support Benhard's suggestion for more flexible package
> directory structure, without needing to specify the location of the
> dependences. In Bernhard's words:

> I also made the fullPathName of installed packages to be cleared when
> the image is moved around, or when the saved path doesn't exist. But not
> when image is saved and stored in the same place.
>
> Finally, I also did some misc cleanup, fixed a couple of bugs you have
> reported (blinking cursor in bold text, and failing extended clipboard
> tests), and my own fix to a bug in precedence of inherited class
> variables and globals, discussed recently in squeak-dev.
>
> I still need to move StyledTextEditor to its own repo, and I guess a
> million other details, but I want you to try this without additional delay.
>
> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich
>
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> Great updates, Juan. Thank you. I have a suggestion of a  small
> additional requirement, see below.
>
> --Hannes
>
> On 7/30/13, Juan Vuletich<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I have just updated https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>> . When we are happy with this, I can do a 4.3 release, as the
>> enhancements to Features are quite important.
>>
>> These changes include Ken's enhancements to support version ranges in
>> FeatureRequisite, and a couple of new convenience methods in Feature, to
>> enable things like
>>       Feature require: 'Sound'
>>       Feature require: 'Tests' version: 1.0
>>       (FeatureRequirement name: #'Sound' minVersion: 1 minRevision: 23
>> maxVersion: 3) require
>>
>> They also support Benhard's suggestion for more flexible package
>> directory structure, without needing to specify the location of the
>> dependences. In Bernhard's words:
> "a) Search all subdirectories of the
>> image directory whose name starts with "Cuis-Smalltalk" (and possibly
>> subdirectories named Packages?) It would rely on the convention that
>> everyone names their Cuis package repositories accordingly. IMO this
>> would be good anyway for consistency and SEO reasons."
> Instead of "Search all subdirectories of the image directory"
>
> do
>
> "Search all subdirectories and siblings directories of the image directory"
>
> End of last year and early this year we had the discussion how to
> arrange the directory structure and what we agreed at was to have an
> image directory and then the other packages residing in siblings
> directories. I found that to be quite handy for github reasons.
>
> At least for github is easier to manage if I have the image directory
> and the repositories for the packages all on the same hierarchical
> level rather than having the packages repositories residing in
> subdirectories of the image directory.
>
> If we go for
> "Search all subdirectories and siblings directories of the image directory"
> both options are possible, the one we  had earlier this year and the
> one Bernhard prefers.
>
>
>
>> I also made the fullPathName of installed packages to be cleared when
>> the image is moved around, or when the saved path doesn't exist. But not
>> when image is saved and stored in the same place.
>>
>> Finally, I also did some misc cleanup, fixed a couple of bugs you have
>> reported (blinking cursor in bold text, and failing extended clipboard
>> tests), and my own fix to a bug in precedence of inherited class
>> variables and globals, discussed recently in squeak-dev.
>>
>> I still need to move StyledTextEditor to its own repo, and I guess a
>> million other details, but I want you to try this without additional delay.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Juan Vuletich
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Cuis mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://jvuletich.org/mailman/listinfo/cuis_jvuletich.org
>>
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> On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:37:53 -0300
> Juan Vuletich<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
>> I have just updated https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>> . When we are happy with this, I can do a 4.3 release, as the
>> enhancements to Features are quite important.
> ..
>> I still need to move StyledTextEditor to its own repo, and I guess a
>> million other details, but I want you to try this without additional delay.
> Juan,
>
> Cool stuff!
>
> Two small suggestions:
>
> FeatureRequirement>>install
> -- Method comment is bogus.
> Perhaps something like: "Preconditions have been satisfied.  I install the required package."
>
> CodePackage>>save
> -- after checks (but before self writeOnStream: file), perhaps increment the revision number??
> [Note helpers: Feature>>newRevision, Feature>>newVersion which return new Feature instances, but you might prefer to  side-effect/assign-to the instance variables]
>
>