[Cuis-dev] Packages

[Bernhard Pieber]

Hi Mark,

One addition to Mariano’s great explanation: .st files are around since Smalltalk’s early days, while .pkg.st were added when Juan added the package functionality.

Cheers,
Bernhard

> Am 20.11.2021 um 04:46 schrieb Mariano Montone via Cuis-dev <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> El 19/11/21 a las 22:44, Mark via Cuis-dev escribió:
>
>> That file listing begs the question: what’s the difference between
>> “*.pck.st <http://pck.st>” and “*.st” files?
>> And why are both created in some cases but not in others?
>
> Files with extension .pck.st are Cuis package files. They have a
> preamble with package information, like feature provided, version
> information, a description for the package and the package requirements.
>
> Package files can be installed (click on "install" button from the File
> List tool.). When a package is installed, its dependencies are also
> installed. And the loaded packaged appears in the Package List tool.
>
> Package files (.pck.st) are created using the Packages list tool in Cuis.
>
> Files with .st contained serialized Smalltalk code (classes and methods).
>
> Smalltalk code files (.st) are created when you "file out" a Smalltalk
> system category, class or method (right click on System Browser system
> category, class or method, then select the "fileOut" menu item).
>
> Unlike .pck.st files, .st files don't contain any dependencies,
> description, or "package" information, only serialized Smalltalk code.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mariano
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