On Dec 17, 2009, at 2:14 PM, keith wrote:

> Stef,
> 
>  I don't think you understand.
> 
> You had access to the repository squeakfoundation.org/39a, you the  
> privileged elite, release teams etc could contribute to the head of  
> SUnit, it was a closed project. squeaksource.com/Testing was proposed  
> as the new head of SUnit, it is not for anyone to say let's use this  
> its really cool. It is not something to be adopted if it is cool or  
> not. It is the head of the community development that is SUnit. If it  
> is not cool, then squeaksource.com/Testing is the place to go to fix it.
> 
> It doesnt matter whether the code in squeaksource.com/Testing is  
> rubbish,

No you take responsibilities for a choice.

> it was important to adopt it as an exercise in recognizing  
> and supporting the communities efforts to make progress rather than to  
> undermine them. To carry on using the version that is in the closed  
> repository only did one thing, that was to undermine the input that  
> went into the "head" project at squeaksource.com/Testing, and it sent  
> the message out that contributions are not wanted.
> 
> You say you are rewriting PackageInfo, you could have rewritten the  
> version that is in MC1.5, and built on what was going before.

No I'm rewriting from scratch. A real package not based on conventions.
There are too much behavior in the existing one.
But people may use what I'm doing or not. Before this is not working I have to 
shut up.


> 
> Keith
> 
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