[Cuis-dev] [Ann] First sketch of Cuis 6.1 release - Please REVIEW and TEST!

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Jaromir,

But it will be essentially like that: Download the zip file, unpack, 
doubleClick on RunCuisOnWindows. bat.

That's it.

Thanks,

On 12/25/2023 10:38 AM, Jaromir Matas via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Hi Hilaire, all,
>
> > What will be make life easier for end user is an archive to download 
> containing the VM and the image it needs. That's it.
>
> Brilliantly put. For me that's /literally /it: download (the latest 
> /Windows /archive), unpack, doubleclick Squeak.exe, experiment, repeat.
>
> (Maybe not the most effective workflow but in my case the simplest: I 
> do not develop or deploy anything, just study the system and play).
>
> Many thanks,
> Jaromir
>
> --
> Jaromir Matas
> mail at jaromir.net
>
>
>
>
> On 24-Dec-23 7:03:02 PM, "Hilaire Fernandes via Cuis-dev" 
> <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st <mailto:cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Juan & al,
>>
>> I am just catching up.
>>
>> This is always a good idea to ease the start-up experience to new 
>> Cuis-Smalltalk users. I am sure it will have important impact. I 
>> tested on Ubuntu 23.10, it  works smoothly.
>>
>> Regarding all-in-one application, I have been using it a lot in the 
>> past with Dr. Geo, then at some point stopped using it. I stopped for 
>> technical reasons, but then I realized there were also end user 
>> reasons to stop using it.
>>
>> Indeed, it adds complexity that does not serve the end user. For 
>> example, a Linux user will see VM, scripts for the Windows user. Will 
>> this Linux user uses this same folder structure to execute Cuis on a 
>> Windows machine? No, because he's using Linux. Then it does not scale 
>> very well. Will you add VM for Linux on Arm, on RiscV? Then we can 
>> argue the same with image, why both 64bits and 32bits, the end user 
>> will only use one variant of it.
>>
>> The truth about all-in-one application is it makes the life easier 
>> for the developers and people deploying end-user applications, like 
>> me with DrGeo. You just need to upload one package and that's it. In 
>> a such momentum, we should realize it is not a good sign, we are not 
>> serving the end-user first, but ourself.
>>
>> What will be make life easier for end user is an archive to download 
>> containing the VM and the image it needs. That's it.
>>
>> I will use your CuisExperiment as a base to automate the building of 
>> Cuis-Smalltalk distributions with various combination of VM binary 
>> and image (32|64 bits). You will have MacIntel, MacARM, Windows, 
>> LinuxIntel, LinuxArm, LinuxRiscV associated with appropriate image 
>> and VM. Does not Github offer service to automate packages built? I 
>> have just migrated DrGeo repository to Github, I will take a look to 
>> that ( https://github.com/hilaire/drgeo).
>>
>> Then you will have a set up that could scale more easily to any 
>> additional needs like embedded system. And you will be free to 
>> arrange the distribution in a way that fit the host (Mac is a bit 
>> special)
>>
>> I feel it could also add visibility to Cuis-Smalltalk to have these 
>> different distributions, it will talk more specifically to the end 
>> user and will have a wow effect. Compare all-in-one and LinuxIntel64 
>> names. The later one is crystal clear, not the former one.
>>
>> Regarding the current folder structure, I will try to hide the 
>> complexity a bit more. I will have only two top level folders. To 
>> illustrate, this is what a Linux user sees when entering the DrGeo 
>> app folder:
>>
>> DrGeo
>> ├── ChangeLog
>> ├── DrGeo.sh
>> ├── License.txt
>> ├── README
>> ├── Resources
>> ├── transcript.txt
>> └── VM
>>
>> Even the VM should not be visible to be honest. It should be moved in 
>> the Resources folder.
>>
>> Nevertheless, all-in-one distribution will be already an important 
>> progress and of course my opinion can be completely discarded without 
>> harm.
>>
>> Have a nice day.
>>
>> Hilaire
>>
>> Le 24/12/2023 à 13:28, Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev a écrit :
>>>
>>> The upcoming 6.1 release will be the first of a new series of 
>>> releases. We'll be doing a "stable release" that will later only 
>>> include critical fixes, every six months. This will be done in 
>>> addition to our usual rolling release, and it will follow the RedHat 
>>> Linux release process.
>>>
>>> The stable releases are intended for:
>>> - People who don't want to deal with constant updates and breakage, 
>>> and prefer to port their code to a new system from time to time.
>>> - Building End User Applications.
>>> - Casual users, who just want to take a look at Cuis.
>>> - People new to Smalltalk.
>>> - Students who will be using Smalltalk for a semester.
>>>
>>> For many of these use cases, I want to include only consistently 
>>> high quality code. So every package included needs to be currently 
>>> in use, tested, well maintained, etc. We'll need to work out a way 
>>> to deal with additional packages, from Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev repo, 
>>> other repos from Cuis-Smalltalk organization, and other repos 
>>> outside of it. This is just an initial version. It will grow.
>>>
>>> Thanks, 
>> -- 
>> GNU Dr. Geo
>> http://gnu.org/s/dr-geo/
>> http://gnu-drgeo.blogspot.com/


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