On 20 May 2014, at 19:49, Nicolas Cellier <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> 
> 2014-05-20 4:42 GMT+02:00 Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]>:
> Some students have also tried to update Pharo using the update stream. Is 
> this still used? Should nt it be removed
> 
> Alexandre
> 
> 
> How I see it:
> 
> Pharo team wants to perform deep changes into the system.
> Pharo team wants to perform those changes fast, and not be swamped like they 
> think squeak is
> (it sure was! but let's say that Squeak values backward compatibility which 
> is naturally a drag).
> 
> It might be difficult/take a long time to find a way to perform these changes 
> in a reproducible way in customers' images.
> So the philosophy it let updateStream tools available, but do not bother with 
> update stream if it's too difficult.
> It's without any guaranty and I often saw it fail (once every few dozens of 
> updates...)
> 
> I'd say keep it as is.

Pretty good summary, maybe we should make it less accessible...

> Nicolas
> 
>  
> > Le 19-05-2014 à 15:49, kilon alios <[email protected]> a écrit :
> >
> > I felt adventurous today, so I said what the hell lets try to update Pharo 
> > with the updater tool. So I used world menu navigated to system and choose 
> > software update. And after a long download and method's compiling the 
> > attached image appeared :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <Screen Shot 2014-05-19 at 22.46.28.png>
> 
> 


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