<div dir="ltr"><div>The extensions are essential. Simply extracting the .st files from within the .mcz files and using them directly (renaming as necessary) should leave you with a fully loaded 1.62 in Cuis, including all the extensions.</div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 3:19 PM Philip Bernhart <<a href="mailto:philip.bernhart@posteo.de" target="_blank">philip.bernhart@posteo.de</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Gerald, just for reference, I created a repository for such a port: <a href="https://github.com/Phantasus/Cuis-Smalltalk-Magma" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/Phantasus/Cuis-Smalltalk-Magma</a> I filed-out the state of the 1.62 magma (all inclusive) package by hand. Without most of the extensions, as I don't know the magic Squeak snippet which could do that. > Package Name: Magma > Version: 1.62 tests > Entry for the Squeak5.2 tag in SqueakMap. Nominal improvements. > > Categories: > Compatibility level/Only extensions, no changes - Code extensions but no changes in existing code. > Licenses/MIT - The MIT license is like BSD without the advertising > clause. As free as it gets, suitable for cross Smalltalk 100% > reuse. The recommended license for Squeak since the 4.0 release. > Maturity level/Stable - Useable by all. Bugs are rare. > Squeak versions/Squeak5.2 - Released Q3/2018 > > Created: 10 October 2018 9:08:47 pm > Modified: 10 October 2018 9:08:47 pm > Download: <a href="http://map.squeak.org/accountbyid/c3993561-22fb-421f-b0be-c46b5487e105/files/install-Magma-1.62" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://map.squeak.org/accountbyid/c3993561-22fb-421f-b0be-c46b5487e105/files/install-Magma-1.62</a> <a href="http://tests.st" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">tests.st</a> And put these files into the above mentioned github repository, where people can start porting from. Cheers, Philip Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev <<a href="mailto:cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st" target="_blank">cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</a>> writes: > Well, yes and no. > > Pros: It's a complete solution. > Cons: It's such a beast, AFIR it even features a > modified compiler that traps instance variable > access. > > There was a discussion about WriteBarriers > which triggered Chris Muller to respond. > > <a href="http://cuis-smalltalk.org/pipermail/cuis-dev_cuis-smalltalk.org/2019-February/thread.html#4113" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://cuis-smalltalk.org/pipermail/cuis-dev_cuis-smalltalk.org/2019-February/thread.html#4113</a> > > some messages got cross-posted on Vm-dev, that discussion continued there: > > <a href="http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2019-February/thread.html#30474" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2019-February/thread.html#30474</a> > > From that discussion I inferred porting would be > a real big task. > > If Chris will spend some time to help me, > I would consider a port. > > > Just my €0.03, > > Gerald > > > > On 2021-04-30 14:11, Mariano Montone via Cuis-dev wrote: >> El 29/4/21 a las 17:15, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev escribió: >>> One of near time goals for Haver is to add an >>> Obect Oriented Database to Haver, which IHMO as >>> a must for any dynabook. >>> >>> Alas my first attempt at this failed miserably, >>> in the end it was too complicated to get my >>> head around my own creation. >> >> Would porting Magma from Squeak be an option? >> > -- > Cuis-dev mailing list > <a href="mailto:Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st" target="_blank">Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</a> > <a href="https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/listinfo/cuis-dev" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/listinfo/cuis-dev</a> -- </blockquote></div></div>