Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-06 Thread kilon alios
Probably I mixed things up, or I remember incorrectly, my apologies. On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Sergi Reyner wrote: > > El 06/11/2013 10:52, "kilon alios" escribió: > > > > > I hear that git is a really bad idea for saving binary data. The reason > behind it from what I have read is that

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-06 Thread Sergi Reyner
El 06/11/2013 10:52, "kilon alios" escribió: > > I hear that git is a really bad idea for saving binary data. The reason behind it from what I have read is that git in each commit stores the entire file tree structure and not just the files commited, Not at all. Simply put, git works in terms of

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-06 Thread Davorin Rusevljan
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:51 AM, kilon alios wrote: > I hear that git is a really bad idea for saving binary data. The reason > behind it from what I have read is that git in each commit stores the > entire file tree structure and not just the files commited, meaning that if > you commit in a di

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-06 Thread kilon alios
I hear that git is a really bad idea for saving binary data. The reason behind it from what I have read is that git in each commit stores the entire file tree structure and not just the files commited, meaning that if you commit in a directory of 100 mb of data, then you will get 100 mb per commit

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-06 Thread François Stephany
Git. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:04 PM, wrote: > François Stephany wrote: > > +1 > > Projects are not only source code anymore. Most of my projects have a > gazillion of images, javascript, CSS files, etc. > Storing all those external files in .mcz packages is not scalable (and not > even elegant

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-05 Thread btc
François Stephany wrote: +1 Projects are not only source code anymore. Most of my projects have a gazillion of images, _javascript_, CSS files, etc. Storing all those external files in .mcz packages is not scalable (and not even elegant). What do you consider are scalable alternatives

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-05 Thread François Stephany
+1 Projects are not only source code anymore. Most of my projects have a gazillion of images, javascript, CSS files, etc. Storing all those external files in .mcz packages is not scalable (and not even elegant). FileTree+Git, while not ideal, solve the issue quite nicely. And you don't need Githu

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Stéphane Ducasse
+1 Pharo should be Pharo :) And we should all push in that direction - minimal core - sweet integration with the rest of the world - objects - cool libraries > I think that we should be passionate about what we are doing. Look at Scala > for example. It’s becomin

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
On 03 Nov 2013, at 20:01, p...@highoctane.be wrote: > Marcus, > > FWIW, you are inspiring. I am amazed on how you keep the thing going. > > Thanks for showing the high road. > > Phil Indeed.

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread kilon alios
I think its unrealistic to expect accurate numbers in any way other than going outside and asking each coder what language he uses and for what platform. None the less, its not hard at all to validate at least with a substantial level of inaccuracy the numbers indicated by TIOBE , sure some languag

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread p...@highoctane.be
Marcus, FWIW, you are inspiring. I am amazed on how you keep the thing going. Thanks for showing the high road. Phil

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Yuriy Tymchuk
On 03 Nov 2013, at 19:33, kilon alios wrote: > Are those the same people that a decade ago were proclaiming Java dead ? It > only takes a walk to TIOBE INDEX to see how much of a threat mobile market is > to desktop. > > http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html > h

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread kilon alios
Are those the same people that a decade ago were proclaiming Java dead ? It only takes a walk to TIOBE INDEX to see how much of a threat mobile market is to desktop. http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html I am sure Angry Birds and Candy Crash Saga are substantial oppone

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Yuriy Tymchuk
On 03 Nov 2013, at 19:17, Marcus Denker wrote: > > On 03 Nov 2013, at 19:11, kilon alios wrote: > >> I fail to see how Windows prohibited iPhone from appearing or anything in my >> quote saying that. They are not even in the same market. > > Yet, that old market is now in a very bad shape a

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Marcus Denker
On 03 Nov 2013, at 19:11, kilon alios wrote: > I fail to see how Windows prohibited iPhone from appearing or anything in my > quote saying that. They are not even in the same market. Yet, that old market is now in a very bad shape and people talk about the “death of the desktop”. You do not n

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread kilon alios
I fail to see how Windows prohibited iPhone from appearing or anything in my quote saying that. They are not even in the same market. Well there is windows mobile and now windows 8 for phones and tablets but both are far from monopoly products. Plus iPhone is not even an OS unless you were referrin

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Marcus Denker
>>> I always joke that he forgot “The only way to have a future is to finish >>> something” ;-) “One of the sad memories of my life is a visit to the celebrated mathematician and inventor, Mr Babbage. He was far advanced in age, but his mind was still as vigorous as ever. He took me through

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Marcus Denker
On 03 Nov 2013, at 18:54, kilon alios wrote: > Yeah I cant say I agree with Mr Kay my answer to his quote will be that he is > wrong and that "the best way to predict the future is to create a monopoly” . Yes, in 2007, the iPhone showed that “We can not do anything because Microsoft” was just

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread kilon alios
Yeah I cant say I agree with Mr Kay my answer to his quote will be that he is wrong and that "the best way to predict the future is to create a monopoly" . After all Windows had and still has a very predictable future. But I can understand why he said that, and I most certainly would motivate this

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Yuriy Tymchuk
On 03 Nov 2013, at 18:35, Marcus Denker wrote: > >> >> Alan Kay once said something along the lines of "The best way to >> predict the future is to create it." >> > > I always joke that he forgot “The only way to have a future is to finish > something” ;-) > > Marcus Made my day >

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Marcus Denker
On 03 Nov 2013, at 18:42, James Ashley wrote: > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: >> >>> >>> Alan Kay once said something along the lines of "The best way to >>> predict the future is to create it." >>> >> >> I always joke that he forgot “The only way to have a future is

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread James Ashley
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: > >> >> Alan Kay once said something along the lines of "The best way to >> predict the future is to create it." >> > > I always joke that he forgot “The only way to have a future is to finish > something” ;-) > > Marcus Nice. I may

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Marcus Denker
> > Alan Kay once said something along the lines of "The best way to > predict the future is to create it." > I always joke that he forgot “The only way to have a future is to finish something” ;-) Marcus

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread James Ashley
I'm really just a fairly uninterested bystander who's been eavesdropping. I don't much care one way or the other, except that I'd *love* to see Pharo explode into the popularity that it deserves. On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 9:34 AM, kilon alios wrote: > Influence the way Github goes is besides the po

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread p...@highoctane.be
Monticello is quite good, especially with Metacello associated to it. I'd like to have the MetacelloToolBox working nicely with FTP repos and will spend a while on that in the coming weeks, but frankly, that's great to use to keep things in sync. I'd pay for STH but for private projects and with

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread kilon alios
You will need to explain because I don't understand what you mean by centralized vs distributed , does not support working at the right granularity. Influence the way Github goes is besides the point at this point since we dont have a better alternative and I will be a great oracle to predict , o

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Camillo Bruni
On 2013-11-03, at 15:52, Stephan Eggermont wrote: > Kilon wrote >> I take a look at previous experiments like squeaksource and I find little >> justification to not support Github. But then I am not against Smalltalkhub >> or other >repos being available to Pharo. The more the merrier. > >

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Yuriy Tymchuk
But why? On 03 Nov 2013, at 15:52, Stephan Eggermont wrote: > Kilon wrote >> I take a look at previous experiments like squeaksource and I find little >> justification to not support Github. But then I am not against Smalltalkhub >> or other >repos being available to Pharo. The more the merrie

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Stephan Eggermont
Kilon wrote >I take a look at previous experiments like squeaksource and I find little >justification to not support Github. But then I am not against Smalltalkhub or >other >repos being available to Pharo. The more the merrier. I see some very strong arguments against depending on github: -

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread kilon alios
Well I am for one promoting the use of Gihub mainly on the grounds of promotion of Pharo efforts. the more projects are uploaded on github the more exposure Pharo gets.Its also possible to have both Smalltalkhub and Github, we could use Github as a fallback, a backup system for Smalltalkhub and hav

Re: [Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread Yuriy Tymchuk
Hi. You’re right in general. But for me the main question is: can Monticello work well? This thing was not evolving for years. Something has to be done. Uko On 03 Nov 2013, at 13:22, MartinW wrote: > Just a thought on the discussions about Smalltalkhub beeing down and people > would love to u

[Pharo-users] I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free.

2013-11-03 Thread MartinW
Just a thought on the discussions about Smalltalkhub beeing down and people would love to use Gibhub instead: I would rather pay for Smalltalkhub than use Github for free. And there is all this talk about building a business with Pharo - why not make a business from Smalltalkhub? The thought of c