There is a solution that I was thinking when I was imagining implementing my own Configuration Browser than I named "Tartara". One of the ideas I had was the introduction of packages, which is basically something that would trigger the installation of multiple projects at the same time. So I was imaging "Core" package that will contain all the core IDEs, "GT" package all the GT tools , "Games" where there will be multiple games etc.

This way the user would not need to install those tools one by one. Ideally I was also imagining a detailed description per package with even the ability to rate the quality of the package or even review it .

From the looks of it this is already possible with Configuration Browser but it does not provide this separation yet.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:18 PM Sean P. DeNigris <sean@clipperadams.com> wrote:
stepharo wrote
> NO NO NO integration in the image.
> NO external tools to talk to. NO NO NO Change your mindset.

I was actually thinking specifically of new users. I already know how to
load it and make extensive use of startup preferences so it doesn't really
matter to me. But it's taken me 5 years to find all the cool extensions I
use routinely. How will a new user appreciate our Ferrari when we give it to
them without paint, headlights, or seats? Maybe we can have something like
Edgar's FunSqueak, with all the cool IDE features, be the default download,
but then, if we're not all using that image, we may commit a sin similar
Marcus' repeated warning that "the artefact on the build server needs to be
the artefact of release" of using a different image than we release...



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