[vwnc] PundleModel question

> Hi list, me again :P
>
> I have a doubt regarding PundleModels: suppose I have a package loaded
> in an image that is not connected to any repository. Is there any way
> of finding out what repository that package came from? As far as I can
> see I can get the database information of all the databases where that
> package is published and I can also get dbIdentifier if I'm logged to
> one of those repositories. However what I need to know is where the
> loaded package came from. Something like:
>
> 1. Loaded the package P from repository A.
> 2. Published P in repository B.
> 3. Make changes and published as second version of P in repository B.
> 4. Disconnect from B.

>
>
> So, is there any way of knowing that the version of my image is from
> B, without actually connecting to B?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>                                Andrés
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> On Oct 24, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Andres Fortier wrote:
>
>> Hi list, me again :P
>>
>> I have a doubt regarding PundleModels: suppose I have a package loaded
>> in an image that is not connected to any repository. Is there any way
>> of finding out what repository that package came from? As far as I can
>> see I can get the database information of all the databases where that
>> package is published and I can also get dbIdentifier if I'm logged to
>> one of those repositories. However what I need to know is where the
>> loaded package came from. Something like:
>>
>> 1. Loaded the package P from repository A.
>> 2. Published P in repository B.
>> 3. Make changes and published as second version of P in repository B.
>> 4. Disconnect from B.
>
> Imaginary (5): Come back sometime later, desire the answer to the  
> question "where did package B come from (go to, as in, most recently  
> published)?"
>
> You can only infer what database the package in question came from (or  
> went to) by asking that package for it's databaseInformations:
>
> (Registry packageNamed: 'SUnit') databaseInformations
> detect: [:each | each isChangeSetEmpty]
> ifNone: [ 'cannot tell']
>
> which will give you back the database information for the last  
> database from which or into which you have loaded or published.
>
> If other changes are made, say you published B then modified a method  
> in B, then you can't tell for sure.  If you only ever connect to one  
> database, there is no problem, if you use multiple databases, you are  
> limited in what you can discover as just explained.
>
>>
>> So, is there any way of knowing that the version of my image is from
>> B, without actually connecting to B?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>                                Andrés
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