[Cuis-dev] Real Joy on Linux was ( Updates to VectorGraphics and precompiled MacVM)

[stes@PANDORA.BE]

----- Op 23 mei 2021 om 2:11 schreef cuis-dev cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st:
> 
> Let me please try to ask the question in a slightly different way.
> 
>  Can VectorEnginePlugin be added to the officially distributed VMs that are
>  used or Squeak, Cuis, and related imges?
> 
> The answer is yes. It can be, it should be, and it will be.
> 
> To the questions of whether it can be added to VMMaker: Again, the answer
> is yes. But in my opinion, we should not care. Juan is the author of the
> plugin, and he is developing and maintaining it in Cuis. The upstream source
> for the plugin is in the Cuis repository on Github. Any VMMaker image,
> regardless
> of whether it is running on Cuis or Squeak or anything else, can use Juan's
> Smalltalk source to generate and compile the VectorEnginePlugin. It just works.
> 
> As you said, this is probably a question for discussion on the vm-dev list.
> But for what it's worth, that is my opinion.
> 
> Dave


I'm glad to hear that is possible to add the plugin to the official VM.

I'm in favour of that approach.

For the moment I deliver the VectorEnginePlugin as a patch, but as soon as the plugin is added to the officially distributed VM, I can easily withdraw the patch and follow the official VM.

Meanwhile the VM on OpenIndiana that is delivered with the Cuis plugin as a patch, provides a way to use SVG on Cuis on OI, as delivered by the OI operating system.

David Stes