On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 at 09:05, Ichiseki <is...@outlook.com> wrote: > Hi there, > I am trying the new Pharo 7 and a very elemental question arose. > What I should use to manage my code? > > Monticello
Metacello Iceberg > It seems I am quite confused regarding the role of each of these tools. > > Monticello is a "package manager" that defines which package that classes below to. One way to consider it, is that it consists of three main parts. 1. An internal representation - all the "MC" classes that make up its in-Image representation. 2. An external representation - a number of different repo systems, traditionally MCZ on a http server, but also disk-based MCZ files, but also disk-based Filetree files and recently git based repos. Use Spotter to search for "MC' the drill in and search for "Repo" 3. A tool for managing the link the previous two - showing what packages are available in repos, their commit messages, which packages are loaded and their ancestry. Iceberg is a tool that replaces part 3 of Monticello when working with Git repos. IIUC, Part 1 remains very much operational and Iceberg makes use of it. Sorry I'm not clear on how Iceberg overlaps Part 2. Metacello is a package "dependency manager". It defines which packages depends on which packages. Before git, it also had to manage its own versioning and both these were defined together in a ConfigurationOfxxxxx. But with git branching and tagging, storing a ConfigurationOfxxxxx means its versioning info is at best redundant, and at worst confusing and contradictory. Like the saying... "man with one watch knows the time, man with two watches is never sure." So the ConfigurationOfxxxx was trimmed down to a BaselineOfxxxxx. Now I haven't played with BaselineOf's yet myself, but my understanding is that in summary, in Pharo 7 you should use a git repo with Iceberg, with BaselineOfxxxx's stored in that git repo. ConfigurationOf's may still have some role in linking to older Monticello repos, but sorry I'm not sure on that. cheers -ben > Documentation, I am afraid, does not apply to Pharo 7. > > The chapters covering Monticello and Metacello in Deep in to Pharo, are > still relevant in Pharo 7? > Please I need profound and detailed help on this. > Thanks so much > best > Ichi > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > >
