[Cuis-dev] [RFC] Sunsetting v3 image format, merging Character and UnicodeCodePoint, New Directory Structure for Cuis

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Folks,

The subject says it all.

I want to simplify some code in the image by unifying Character and 
UnicodeCodePoint. But this can not be done for the old v3 image format, 
as it can't handle immediate Characters and is therefore limited to 256 
distict Characters. Additionally, OpenSmalltalk has shifted to Spur only 
quite some time ago, as Squeak and Pharo have also done.

So, I'm planning on removing the v3 image from the 
https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev repo soon. If 
anybody has some special need for v3 images, let's discuss them.

On an unrelated topic, the new directory structure for 
https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis6-2 will also be used for 
https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev. If your specific 
workflow depends on the current directory structure, you may need to 
adapt it. Please take a look at 6.2, and see how it could affect you.

These changes allow either for simplification of code, or to improve the 
experience, especially for newcomers and casual users. I believe they 
are worth the possible nuisances.

Thanks,

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