+1 Can I brainstorm a wishlist? I could get wild on it :D
> On Feb 11, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Stephan Eggermont <step...@stack.nl> wrote: > > Some project ideas > > 1 Better support for cross-platform co-development > > Glorp is originally maintained in VisualWorks. We now have a version > in Pharo that is forked. It would be nice if we could make sure that > changes can be synchronized. The rewriting engine is available > on both platforms, and Glorp has a large number of unit tests. > If we can describe both migrations with refactorings, > we should be able to create builds in ci for both that show > when changes break things and otherwise synchronize two-way. > > This might also be beneficial for Roassal2 and Seaside, that > currently use a compatibility layer. > > Another place where this rewriting can be useful would be > in maintaining compatibility between Squeak and Pharo, > and in making it easier keeping older code alive. > > Marcel Taeumel has written a number of interesting applications > (UIBuilder, Widgets, XPForums) using a 'signals' style > communication. In Pharo it would make sense to have them > use Announcements. > > 2 Use code rewriting to help migrate projects forwards > > In https://pharo.fogbugz.com/default.asp?13754 cleaning strings API > there are 3 method renames. These were included in build > 40165. Projects source for pharo can be found on a number of > repositories (smaltalkhub, squeaksource, ss3, etc). > Upgrade scripts can be generated for these projects to help do these > migrations. > > Stephan > > > >
