Cumbersome was not the first adjective that came to me mind :) but you know it :)
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I’m working on simplifying the contribution process, after collecting > opinions/experiences last couple of months. > As you know, Pharo contribution process is still WIP and we aim to have it > as smooth as possible for Pharo 7.0 release. Now, after observe the idea of > the “system repositories” was a bad idea because it introduced extra and non > standard “path” to contribution, I managed to remove that to reestablish > “the regular way”: you will now need to add pharo repository just as any > other repository you add, by cloning or adding local repository. > > I took Guille’s doc and moved it to pharo project (it does not has sense to > have it living in a contributor’s repository when is so important). You can > find it here: > > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/wiki/Contribute-a-fix-to-Pharo > > This document is also updated to reveal this new process, please read it. > > How to update your startup scripts? > Some people has added startup scripts to easy the first part of > contribution. Instead enabling system repositories, etc. you now need to > replace that with this: > > (IceRepositoryCreator new > location: '/path/to/pharo-project/pharo' asFileReference; > subdirectory: 'src'; > createRepository) > register > > PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE… take a moment to read and try the document. Is very > important that document reflects new process and works reliable in different > scenarios (I validated it on macOS and Windows, and assumed it worked fine > on linux but you know… bad assumptions is the base of failure ;) ) > > I’m eager to hear your feedback and continue enhancing the process. > > (yes, Stef, I know UI is still cumbersome… I’m working on that :) ) > > cheers! > Esteban
