The Weekly Squeak

  • Recent package releases and announcements

    Here’s a list of the releases recently announced on the Squeak-dev mailing list: Michael van der Gulik announced MessageCapture, a wrapper class that allows interception of all the messages sent to an object instance. Keith Hodges has created an installer system which allows a developer to create scripts to automagically install a set of packages…

  • Call for release team volunteers

    The Squeak Foundation board has issued a call for volunteers to create a release team to guide the development of the next version of Squeak, following the guidelines set up during the last board meeting. The board is […] looking for people who have available time, the diligence to complete a release, and a good…

  • Squeak Foundation Board meeting notes – October 18th, 2006

    Craig Latta posted the notes of the Squeak Foundation Board meeting that occured on October 4th. The Squeak Foundation Board meets twice a month via IM on the first and third wednesday, and Craig has been appointed to speak for the board. During yesterday’s meeting the following items were discussed: Squeak License: Yoshiki Ohshima mentioned…

  • Squeak: toy or instrument?

    A message by Giuseppe Luigi Punzi sparked an interesting “philosophical” discussion on the nature of Squeak. Giuseppe remarks that for many developers who work with other languages, Squeak looks like a children toy with no serious applications built with it. To this Matthew Fulmer replied: Squeak is a toy. That is a good thing. Squeak…

  • Process Woes

    Since the beginning of the month there’s been a recurring theme on the squeak-dev mailing list regarding Squeak’s development process. The discussions started with a message from Goran Krampe about the evolution of Squeak’s development process and how to have a more community-oriented process. Many squeakers replied to this message; this response from Ken Causey…

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