Hi Norbert, It is not ignored at all.
Cheers, Doru > On Oct 21, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Norbert Hartl <norb...@hartl.name> wrote: > > Dale, > > I was not arguing against evolution. I was refering to the fact that work of > others is mostly ignored just to come up with a potential weaker solution. > > Norbert > >> Am 21.10.2016 um 15:34 schrieb Dale Henrichs >> <dale.henri...@gemtalksystems.com>: >> >> Norbert, >> >> It is also called evolution ... with each step forward new possibilities are >> revealed and often the old (current) way of doing things needs to change to >> better leverage these new possibilities ... and evolution is required[4]. >> Change is also painful and keeping up with an ever-changing system takes a >> lot of individual effort. >> >> If you don't want to deal with change, then pick a Pharo version and stick >> with it ... Pharo3.0 is still functional and I for one make sure that all >> new versions of Metacello work on older versions of Squeak, Pharo and >> GemStone[1] --- but you don't have to use the newer version of Metacello if >> you don't want to:). >> >> I use Pharo3.0 on a daily basis for tODE -- I decided that I wanted to spend >> my time evolving and changing tODE itself rather than spend a portion of >> every year porting to a newer version of Pharo. Fortunately I don't NEED the >> fancy new widgets in Pharo3.0 to make progress with tODE. >> Metacello is not the only project to ensure that it continues to function on >> older versions of Pharo. Seaside[2], Voyage[3] and I'm sure others make an >> effort to continue to function on older versions of Pharo --- the technology >> exists for maintaining compatibility with older versions of Pharo for those >> projects that aren't making the effort now. >> If you choose to leverage the benefits of the newer versions of Pharo, then >> you must accept the cost, but you can pace yourself if the rate of change >> becomes too much. >> >> Dale >> [1] https://travis-ci.org/dalehenrich/metacello-work/builds/168940183 >> >> [2] https://travis-ci.org/SeasideSt/Seaside/builds/160382244 >> >> [3] https://travis-ci.org/pharo-nosql/voyage/builds/167012791 >> [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_evolution >> >> On 10/21/16 12:10 AM, Norbert Hartl wrote: >>> >>> >>> Am 21.10.2016 um 04:00 schrieb Sean P. DeNigris <s...@clipperadams.com>: >>> >>>> Denis Kudriashov wrote >>>>> I look at code and it seems you implemented another one new text model? >>>>> Why >>>>> you not use TxText? >>>> >>>> Argh. I know it's bad form to complain about gifts, but at the rate we >>>> reinvent the wheel, I often fear that I will be retired from programming >>>> before we have a sane text model :/ >>>> >>> It has a name and we should fight it: >>> >>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here >>> >>> Norbert >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Cheers, >>>> Sean >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://forum.world.st/ANN-Sparta-v1-1-tp4919394p4919570.html >>>> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at >>>> Nabble.com. >>>> >> > -- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com "Some battles are better lost than fought."
