I have downloaded the image. I like the many example projects which
come with it.

To be sure: this now means that Etoys is no longer a "fork" of Squeak
anymore but an "application" running on top of 4.1?

--Hannes

On 4/30/10, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Bert Freudenberg
> <bert at freudenbergs.de>wrote:
>
>> On 26.04.2010, at 04:56, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> >
>> > On 19.04.2010, at 13:52, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi folks,
>> >>
>> >> as we discussed lately we want to enable easier contributions,
>> >> following
>> a model similar to Squeak's "trunk". I spent the weekend making the latest
>> tools from Squeak work in the Etoys image. I did not push it to the update
>> stream yet, but it is attached. Let's discuss in the developer meeting on
>> IRC later today.
>> >>
>> >> Here is how to test it:
>> >>
>> >> * Download Etoys-To-Go4-Final.zip from squeakland.org and unzip and run
>> >> * get halo for world, choose "preferences..." from halo menu
>> >> * disable "eToyFriendly" in the "scripting category"
>> >> * click the gray World background, choose "previous project" from the
>> World menu
>> >> * you'll be taken to the hidden top-level project, light-blue
>> >> background
>> >> * now is a good time to save the image (not save-as)
>> >>
>> >> This will result in an image ready for development work. I'm suggesting
>> to use Etoys-To-Go because it is self-contained and allows to save the
>> image
>> easily. The regular install is read-only.
>> >>
>> >> Now for my stuff ...
>> >
>> > ... which I just pushed to the new 4.1 update stream at etoys.squeak.org
>> >
>> > * Evaluate this in a workspace to set the new update server (you need at
>> least a 4.0.2336 image):
>> >       HTTPSocket httpFileInNewChangeSet: '
>> etoys.squeak.org/updates/newUpdateStream-bf.cs'
>> > * Then load updates. This will ask if you want to advance to 4.1, say
>> yes. Load updates again
>> > * This will take quite a while ...
>> > * ... but eventually you should have an image with Monticello loaded :)
>> >
>> > Heres a log of the changes:
>> > http://squeakland.org/updates/
>> >
>> > This includes the recategorization from trunk (huge 1 MB changeset) and
>> an edited version of Karl's recategorization, ending up in a quite
>> reasonable number of packages IMHO. Also, thanks to Eliot for porting the
>> compiler changes!
>> >
>> > The next step should be to create proper packages and commit them to the
>> etoys repo.
>> > - Bert -
>>
>> We did it :)
>>
>> There is an initial version of all Monticello packages that now constitute
>> the Etoys image in our main repository at
>>
>>        http://source.squeak.org/etoys.html
>>
>> If you load updates, it will first fetch changesets from the update
>> stream,
>> and then proceed to update packages from the repository. We will mostly
>> just
>> post new packages from now on. But if needed, we still have the update
>> stream.
>>
>> To get an Etoys image for development, either follow the procedure I
>> outlined above (takes about 10 minutes here), or download an all-in-one
>> zip
>> (based on Etoys-To-Go) from here:
>>
>>        http://etoys.squeak.org/download/
>>
>> It's easier if you do not use save-as in this setup, only regular image
>> save. The image name is mentioned explicitly in the VM settings.
>>
>> New versions can be submitted to the "Etoys Inbox" by *anyone*, no
>> registration required:
>>
>>        http://source.squeak.org/etoysinbox.html
>>
>> Of course, Etoys developers can commit to the main repository directly. If
>> you want to have access, register on that server, and ping me so I add you
>> to the right group.
>>
>> We'll look at all contributions, though we need to be somewhat
>> conservative. Remember this is used by kids worldwide, it's deployed on
>> about a million machines, and more are to come [1]. Features are cool, but
>> don't make the kids cry, mkay? ;)
>>
>> Btw, if someone feels more comfortable using changesets, don't worry, you
>> can still attach them to a ticket on our tracker at
>>
>>        http://tracker.squeakland.org/
>>
>> Some other developer will then build Monticello packages and commit them.
>>
>> So, the gates are open, let the contributions flow :)
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>> [1]
>> http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/one-laptop-per-child-and,1271519.shtml
>>
>>
>> Great !
>
> Karl
>