Re: [Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Peter Uhnák
But isn't that a bit... weird to use cache to move data from one image to another? I would expect cache to be just a cache even if in reality it is just a regular repository. On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Norbert Hartl wrote: > > Am 24.07.2014 um 23:43 schrieb Stephan Eggermont : > > > If y

Re: [Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Norbert Hartl
Am 24.07.2014 um 23:43 schrieb Stephan Eggermont : > If you use a shared package cache, you should be aware of two potential > issues: > - directories with a large number of files can get slow; I don't think that this is an issue with todays filesystems. If you want to cleanup a package-cache

Re: [Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Stephan Eggermont
If you use a shared package cache, you should be aware of two potential issues: - directories with a large number of files can get slow; - Metacello configurations might load different versions of packages than you'd expect Stephan

Re: [Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Peter Uhnák
Thank you all so much! This is is exactly what I was looking for and a lot more. On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Ben Coman wrote: > Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > I and I guess most people, keep their working image for days to weeks. After > all, it is one of the main streng

Re: [Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Ben Coman
Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: Hi Peter, I and I guess most people, keep their working image for days to weeks. After all, it is one of the main strengths to have a persistent environment containing all you customisations, all code you loaded, your workspaces, in essence, your world. That be

Re: [Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Damien Cassou
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Tudor Girba wrote: > I change my image at least once per day. Every single day. I have automatic > jobs that create an up to date images the way I want them, and I simply take > that one whenever I feel like it. I agree I do the same. Jenkins and the Pharo Launch

Re: [Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Tudor Girba
Hi, I change my image at least once per day. Every single day. I have automatic jobs that create an up to date images the way I want them, and I simply take that one whenever I feel like it. This helps me push my code to a repository, and have any setup easily reconstruct-able. If a piece of code

Re: [Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
Hi Peter, I and I guess most people, keep their working image for days to weeks. After all, it is one of the main strengths to have a persistent environment containing all you customisations, all code you loaded, your workspaces, in essence, your world. That being said, you should keep all you

[Pharo-users] Recommended Pharo image updating and Metacello commit policy

2014-07-24 Thread Peter Uhnák
Having ~month old pharo image I was wondering what is the recommended way of updating it. Do I just delete everything and download a fresh one every so often (daily?), do I load new changes through Monticello? Does that upgrade the VM though? If the former what about local code I wrote but I don't