Squeak-dev January 2002

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Re: Re: [FIX][VM][UNIX] vmPath (was: "Re: [BUGS] Looking for plugins (Linux)")
by Joern Eyrich 01 Jan '02

01 Jan '02

Tim Rowledge wrote: > > btw, what do I have to do to be able to check in files into the SF CVS? > Well, technically, get added as a suitable developer in thr SF project. I've had a dormant developer account that I once got in order to add my Joystick code (hm, maybe I should dig that out again) 2 years ago, which I didn't actually do, because the repository seemed not to settle down first and then to be abandoned. After learning a bit more about CVS I am now finally able to use it. In order to see if I have commit rights, I tried to add Joshua Gargus's "sqFilenameFromStringOpen" in "sqPlatformSpecific.h". It worked. So the SF tree should build out of the box with a 4599 interpreter now. > Politically, I think we're trying to keep the number allowed to write to > a minimum to avoid any chance of rampant alterations. Some people also > seem not to like the idea of 'their' code being altered by other people. Seems reasonable to have someone who has an overview of the whole system to review each change for its potential impact on other parts. I've seen code that had become rather ugly over time because the maintainers all seemed to have a different mental model of the system. > Me, I'm more than happy for people to improve code I write. Sometimes I > even learn something from it! Well, not this time; it's mainly a cut & paste job... Joern

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VMMaker thoughts
by Lex Spoon 01 Jan '02

01 Jan '02

I've finally started playing with VMMaker, and have a few thoughts that might make it smoother, at least on Unix. First, it doesn't really need to copy files around, does it? It's no trouble to write the makefile, at least on Unix, to compile files directly from the two different locations. Second, how about creating a file each listing the internal and external plugins that are to be used? This would be handy for generating the makefile, especially if files aren't copied around any longer. Finally, let's have some space in CVS for files that are shared among multiple platforms. In particular, libmpeg should be shared; it seems silly to copy all of libmpeg to each platform's MPEGPlugin subdirectory. Actually, from my quick glance, I don't see libmpeg in there at all. If it's not there, let's put it there! -Lex

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