I have no clue Marcus why it is still there. Probably removing it had some side effect in rare cases so it is still there or no one has ever tried to remove it.
2013/12/7 Marcus Denker <marcus.den...@inria.fr> > > On 07 Dec 2013, at 09:32, Clément Bera <bera.clem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, answers inlined > > 2013/12/6 Hernán Morales Durand <hernan.mora...@gmail.com> > >> Thanks Clement, got it. >> >> FYI doing the checkout leads to a filename too long >> > >> $ git checkout -f HEAD >> error: unable to create file >> mc/VMMaker-oscog.package/GeniePlugin.class/instance >> >> /primSameClassAbsoluteStrokeDistanceMyPoints.otherPoints.myVectors.otherVectors. >> >> mySquaredLengths.otherSquaredLengths.myAngles.otherAngles.maxSizeAndReferenceFla >> g.rowBase.rowInsertRemove.rowInsertRemoveCount..st (Filename too long) >> Checking out files: 100% (17530/17530), done. >> >> another detail, I use MSYS shell and I don't have a .profile file in my >> home, so I just passed that point. >> >> This bug is specific to windows. On this page: > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm , if you look at the README.md > there are information on how to build and get the sources of the VM. At the > bottom, there is a paragraph entitled windows specific. Here are some extra > informations for windows, among them, this bug you showed on the genie > plugin. (the paragraph starts with "*If you do this on Windows/Msys, > you'll get a message about the GeniePlugin giving trouble"* ).I guess > this is what you need. > > > Why is the GeniePlugin still part of the VM? Nobody uses it, it was > experiment, discontinued years ago, they author works at google since 2005… > > Someone I wonder if we want to maintain a museum or invent the future. > > Marcus > >
