On 10/31/07, David T. Lewis lewis@mail.msen.com wrote:
Yes, you are confused. SqueakMap is a catalogue of available stuff that may or may not be appropriate for the image you are running. Universes define collections of stuff from SqueakMap (and elsewhere) that will probably work with the image you are running. These are completely different goals, and the two are complementary.
Well, that may be, but I'm pretty sure that most people use it as a way of loading packages into their system. And that functionality is clearly less functional then universes.
Portraying SqueakMap and Universes as competitors is very unhelpful. It is likely to discourage much-needed improvements to SqueakMap, and it comes across (at least to me) as unappreciative of the work of the people who have developed and supported it.
Dave
Do people in other fields get so emotionally attached to their tools? It's hard to imagine someone holding a hammer getting offended if I say that it's easier to cut boards in half with a saw.
Of course I appreciate the work that has been done and the people who have made this all possible. And I appreciate that SqueakMap remains a good catalog of everything ever made for Smalltalk. But as a "I'm new to Squeak and want to load packages into my image" solution, it's no longer the best option.