Would it be possible/desirable to have a system such that:
* bug fixes for external packages can be still be directly applied and tested in the Pharo-integrated branch
* the CI workflow generates an updated ConfigurationOf{external package} that it pushes back to the external package repository?

Its a great idea to separate out��Configurations��to devolve responsibility for sub-packages, but it adds some friction to bug fixing.�� It "seems" we will have a single branch combining both feature development and bug-fixing, but it would be nicer to have two branches. ��

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On another track, I wonder if it would be useful if a package which is part of a Configuration��is made dirty, the Configuration itself could also be marked dirty?��

cheers -ben



On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:36 AM, Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess@web.de> wrote:
14850 Integrate GTools #development
"From this version onwards the development version should be integrated."

Is this a good idea? Does the #development version always include *all* the latest
changes, because after Andrei opened
14866 Integrate GTools (which got integrated in 40475)
I uploaded some changes for issue
ClassTest>>#testClassRespectsPolymorphismWithTrait failing due to Spotter methods
I set the status to "Fix Review needed",

but my changes are integrated in 40475 too!

I am not satisfied with the way external packages are handled.
1. if there is not one slice/changeset per issue, it is even less likely someone will
������ review the changes.
2. you don't know who works when on a issue. They are solved in a bulk.
3. a new configuration might not only includes bugfixes but new features as well.
4. often we have unbound globals / undeclared references or other test failures.

Can we use the build server for those external projects (like GToolkitCore, Athens, TxText),
and that if a project makes a new configuration, it uses the same
issue validator for loading and testing that configuration?


nicolai