[Cuis-dev] [ChangeSet] Reinstall updated packages when installing updates

[Juan Vuletich]

Thanks. Pushed to GitHub now.

Cheers,

On 8/17/2020 1:42 AM, Phil B via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Juan,
>
> Looks good to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
>
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 8:02 AM Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org 
> <mailto:juan at jvuletich.org>> wrote:
>
>     On 8/10/2020 12:30 PM, Phil B via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>     Juan,
>>
>>     I'd be in favor of the check and message (we could add it to the
>>     dialog pop that already occurs after applying updates) which
>>     would serve as a helpful reminder to those who aren't aware that
>>     a rebuild is recommended.  Telling them which packages changed,
>>     as long as the dialog can cope with a potentially long list of
>>     packages, would be a nice touch since then they could judge
>>     whether or not they really need to rebuild right away or not.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Phil
>>
>>     On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:09 AM Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org
>>     <mailto:juan at jvuletich.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 8/9/2020 9:36 PM, Phil B via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>         The changeset asks the user if they want to reload.  The
>>>         issue is the act of reloading a package: it's inherently unsafe.
>>>
>>>         On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 7:55 PM Mariano Montone via Cuis-dev
>>>         <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st <mailto:cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             El 9/8/20 a las 20:09, Phil B via Cuis-dev escribió:
>>>             > I think this is a good idea conceptually, dangerous in
>>>             practice.  The
>>>             > update changesets are intended to be installed one
>>>             after the other on
>>>             > top of each other, packages aren't.  I'd bet that no
>>>             one ever does any
>>>             > testing to see if installing a new package over an
>>>             older one works
>>>             > correctly.
>>>
>>>             Perhaps you could warn the user, and Object>>confirm:
>>>             the operation.
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>>
>>         Phil, what you say is true. We could instead check package
>>         versions and inform the user which packages could / should be
>>         reloaded.
>>
>>         Still, we can say that loading numbered updates to the core
>>         image is only safe if the image has no packages or user code
>>         loaded (i.e. it is unmodified in any way since downloaded),
>>         as this is the only case that we test.
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Juan Vuletich
>>         www.cuis-smalltalk.org  <http://www.cuis-smalltalk.org>
>>         https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>>         https://github.com/jvuletich
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>>         @JuanVuletich
>>
>
>     Like this?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     -- 
>     Juan Vuletich
>     www.cuis-smalltalk.org  <http://www.cuis-smalltalk.org>
>     https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>     https://github.com/jvuletich
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>     @JuanVuletich
>


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