On Dec 6, 2011, at 10:26 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
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> How so? �My latest version is SVN
http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog/ r2519. �Monticello package
http://source.squeak.org/VMMaker/VMMaker.oscog-eem.139.
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> But where is such information stored?
> Then, the VMMaker package version says nothing, because to buiyld the VM you need more packages than VMMaker, so you have to guess which version to use.
> Moreoever, there is also ANOTHER version in VM which is VMMaker class>>versionString �which is different from that.
> Then from the image or from a log we get: VM: Mac OS - intel - 1068 - Croquet Closure Cog VM [CoInterpreter VMMaker.oscog-eem.78] Croquet Cog 3.0.0
> so where it is the svn version?
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> (1007 to: 1009) collect: [:n| Smalltalk getSystemAttribute: n]
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> #('CoInterpreter VMMaker.oscog-eem.138 uuid: f9a63bdf-7bbc-4ae5-9634-ecd6fd814c9d Nov 18 2011'
> � �'StackToRegisterMappingCogit VMMaker.oscog-eem.139 uuid: c2849383-9768-4948-b9b2-a5c22d482b07 Nov 18 2011'
> � �'r2519
http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog')
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> Good enough?
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> Better. So I guess that at least in Pharo this method deserves an update:
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> � � ^(self getSystemAttribute: 1004), ' ', ((self getSystemAttribute: 1009) ifNil: [''])
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> �In fact, only the last is required since the VM and plugin source is included in
http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog/src.
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> So...all in all, I think that indeed, it is quite a mess. But it is also complicated to manage and I don't really know what to suggest.
> With ConfigurationOfCog at least with one number we group all image side related packages.
> Then we only need svn/git version. Moreover, we can store this svn/git as the description in each version of ConfigurationOfCog. That way, you know *exactly* what do you need.
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> Cheers
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> Cheers,
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