2015-12-25 14:37 GMT-03:00 Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com>:
> As I said I away but if you are in hurry you can see the code here > > > https://github.com/kilon/ChronosManager/blob/master/ChronosManager.package/ChronosManager.class/class/updateToLatestVersion.st > > Thank you Dimitris, no rush for this. > The idea is that the class carries the current release of the project that > is installed while the latest release is read online from inside a release > file which is a simple text file with release information written in human > readable format. > So each method/class change will increase number to a new class version? > Regex is used to detect a v0.1 pattern and top most find is used for > fetching the number of latest release. Autoupdate also checks internet > connection with github so the user never see an error in case of failure to > connect instead it just does not update. > > Ok, the AppUpdater uses periodicity to set the frequency of updates. I will try to generalize to handle internet connection and other repositories like GitHub. > Next step will be to clean up and delete any previously downloaded files > via autoupdate. This way image folder won't grow in size in each autoupdate. > UIManager can be used to alert the user for a new update and ask for > permission to download it. There is no reason for git to be installed for > autoupdate to work , only thing needed is a normal Pharo image. > > Cool :) > When I return to Athens I will improve it further and document it. > Have a nice trip. Cheers, Hernán > > On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 at 17:05, Hernán Morales Durand < > hernan.mora...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Dimitris, >> >> 2015-12-25 13:01 GMT-03:00 Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com>: >> >>> I am on holidays to at London for Christmas with no direct access to my >>> machine. >>> >>> But you can get a very good idea how to do what you want by taking a >>> look at standalone Pharo apps like Phratch and Dr Geo . The good news is >>> that is both very easy and extremely flexible. You can also change the icon >>> of the app and and the name of the Pharo executable to make the user >>> completely unaware officials Pharo existence. You can also add squeak to >>> your google searches because they have been several posts about this in the >>> squeak mailing list . Pharo is incompatible with squeak but it's still a >>> fork of squeak so there is a lot of common ground. >>> >>> After that you can start removing packages you don't need, Pharo is in >>> the process of of being modularlized so that is easy to start with a >>> skeleton image. If you are in need of a specific Pharo library choosing >>> Cuis which is also a squeak fork is simple and much lighter than Pharo >>> image. Squeak , Pharo and Cuis share the same VMs. >>> >>> Las but not least if you are on Windows there has been a thread on our >>> list on how to make window installers for Pharo apps the easy way. You may >>> want to google that too, I think Damien made a guide about it . >>> >>> We can go on and on and on how much Pharo can be customized. I even >>> recently made an auto update functionality for me Pharo project >>> ChronosManager which detects if the github repository has a new release >>> available and downloads it so that the user use always the latest stable >>> release without a need to worry about it or do anything about it ;) >>> >> >> If you don't mind to share, I could try to integrate it in >> ApplicationUpdater >> >> http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~hernan/ApplicationUpdater >> >> Cheers, >> >> Hernán >> >> >>> >>> On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 at 13:42, Saša Janiška <g...@atmarama.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Pet, 2015-12-25 at 11:48 +0100, Cyril Ferlicot wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> > First, be careful with Pharo 5 because this is an alpha. There is high >>>> > chance that some things breake. If you find some bug you can report it >>>> > on pharo's fogbugz (the link is on Pharo website). >>>> >>>> OK. No problem. >>>> >>>> > For the deployment you have a different virtual machine for >>>> > OSX/Linux/windows. >>>> >>>> That's clear. :-) >>>> >>>> > For now the VM is only 32b, this can create some trouble for Linux >>>> > users but the 64b VM should come soon! :) maybe for Pharo 6? >>>> >>>> Pharo-5 is scheduled for the 1Q/2016? >>>> >>>> > For now there is not a lot of classic application. I think you can >>>> > take a look at Dr Geo. >>>> >>>> That one looks interesting. Thank you for that. >>>> >>>> > If you want to do open source you can use the same method that >>>> > PharoLauncher that open a window in full screen and let a setting for >>>> > developers to be able to get a classic Pharo environment. But the user >>>> > might have acess to the code through GTSpotter or Morph's halos. >>>> >>>> I plan to do open-source, but would like to hide code and other dev >>>> tools in order not to confus end-users. >>>> >>>> > If you don't want the user to get an acess to the code by any mean you >>>> > have to cut everything by hand for now. (Disable spotter, disable >>>> > halo, disable world menu, disable the debugger...). >>>> >>>> OK, it means it's possible...Will explore and/or ask. ;) >>>> >>>> >>>> > I would like to have a way to lock an image directly from Pharo >>>> >>>> +1 >>>> >>>> >>>> > Welcome to Pharo and merry Christmas! >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Gour >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better than not >>>> working. One cannot even maintain one's physical body without work. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>
