Hi Sergio,

2015-05-28 1:56 GMT+02:00 Sergio Fedi <[email protected]>:

> Hi list!
>
> As we are adding comments to Packages in Pharo, we stumbled upon the fact
> that there are other creatures present in the package list.
>
> These are:
>
> RPackageTag, which models the tags under the package
> DynamicGroup, which model the dynamic categories of LastModifiedClasses,
> MostViewedClasses and Work
>
> Objects of these classes WILL have to understand the accessor #comment
>
> 1 - *How do we want RPackageTag and DynamicGroup to handle #comment and
> #comment: ?*
>

RPackageTags knows about the package they are in, they could answer

  self package comment

I have no objections to add comments to the Groups.



> 2 - *Are there any other classes present in that list we are not aware
> of?*
>

No.


>
> Some options we can consider:
>
> a - Hardcode in an generic answer to #comment, do nothing on #comment,
> leave them be for now
> b - Have the object behave as a RPackage, it can have a persistent
> comment. In this case, where do we save that data?
>
> Since the Package Comments case is taking so long, and to keep the scope
> of the case in check, we are incline to handle both classes with option a.
>

Another way:
The elements in the package/group list can be wrapped by an
PackageTreeSelection. We can make the distinction at this
level.
PackageTreeTagSelection -> delegate to package
PackageTreePackageSelection -> set/get package comment
PackageTreeGroupSelection -> ignore

But be aware, not all operations in Nautilus initialize the current
selection correctly.
Sometimes the selected package item is a PackageTreeSelection, sometimes it
is just the RPackage/-Tag/Group item.
This is a bug not yet resolved.



>
> But we wanted to check with the list first, just in case.
>
> Ok, now let's hear you feedback.
>
>

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