[Cuis-dev] I can't find new methods added by Juan ??!??

[Juan Vuletich]

On 09/08/2021 09:03 a.m., Nicola Mingotti via Cuis-dev wrote:
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> Hi Gerald,
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> The changes are in the directory Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/CoreUpdates
>> Yes. Pull the repo every time you start to setup a new image.
>>> 3. The changes have numbers, when the change number is larger then 
>>> the Image number it means
>> No, My understanding is that the change number is exactly the same
>> as the image number. But some image version only materialize in
>> Juan's development environment, because he has the habit
>> of posting core updates in bunches.
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> Nono;) they have progressive numbers, look into CoreUpdates. It is 
> very nice.
> Watching the number you can tell who is not in your image.
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> At least, i guess it is like that, maybe we need Juan here ;)

I think you are both right, just you didn't get what Gerald said.

BTW, this is the way Squeak updates were distributed in the Squeak 
Central days. It worked well, and I just kept doing the same. (Except 
for the git part. Squeak would connect to Internet by itself.)

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> One thing though, is then when you incorporate all the changes
> then World -> Help -> About, keeps telling the image version instead 
> of the
> last change file you loaded.

That would be `SystemVersion current highestUpdate`
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>>> 6. This is a change to the image, if you want to make it permanent 
>>> save the image with a proper name.
>> Yes. Alas there is now automatic name generation.
>> One might be tempted to say 'Save new Cuis release',
>> but this does something different. Don't use it! Thank you a lot 
>> Gerald !
>> You are welcome!
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> Ok, I will not.
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>> On might add (hopefully anticipating your next question):
>> If you install your current working environment from a script
>> `ChangeSet installNewUpdates` might be useful, somewhere at
>> the beginning of your script.
>>>
> yes, that might be the next step ;)
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> But I think i will keep working always with image releases. The reason 
> is,
> when i will write documentation i will write the image release where i 
> tested the
> code. If I start taking into account also Core updates I think it will
> become too hard for beginners to understand and to manage.
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> bye
> Nicola
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Cheers,

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