[Pkg-sugar-devel] Bug#992196: Fwd: ITP: opensmalltalk-vm -- High performance virtual machine for Smalltalk

[Phil Bellalouna]

Hi Jonas,

On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 2:06 PM Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk> wrote:

> Hi Phil,
>
> Quoting Phil Bellalouna (2021-08-17 05:10:24)
> > * Package name    : opensmalltalk-vm
> >   Version         : 1.0
> >   Upstream Author : squeak.org
> > * URL             : https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm
> > * License         : MIT
> >   Programming Lang: Smalltalk, C
> >   Description     : High performance virtual machine for Smalltalk
> >
> > (this is part of the Squeak project https://squeak.org)
> >
> [...]
>
> First of all, sorry for the late reply!
>

No worries.  Your timing is actually just about perfect as we have some
things nearly ready to go and some administrative decisions will need to be
made.


>
> I am quite happy to help maintain opensmalltalk-vm.  I have tried
> several times wrap my head around it but failed so far, so I am very
> pleased that you are reaching out and want to do this collaboratively.
>

That's great to hear.  There's nothing terribly complicated about it, but
some of the approach and conventions adopted predate modern open source by
a couple of decades.  So it can tend to look a bit alien if you're not used
to it.  Hopefully I can fill in any gaps and generally help you make sense
of it.


> I suggest that we use the Sugar team as platform for this package - just
> because it exists already, has very low activity, and is somewhat
> related (although if I understand correctly opensmalltalk-vm is not
> usable with EToys which is the only Smalltalk piece in Sugar.
>

That works for me.  That is correct, opensmalltalk-vm will not (directly)
support EToys or Scratch which is part of why we also want to keep (and
still maintain  upstream) the squeak-vm package.  One of the things I've
been working on is for multiple VMs to co-exist side-by-side to enable
simultaneously running old and new images which we can discuss in more
detail as we get into it.


> If that's ok with you (and if you are still around and interested, after
> this much silence on my part) then please create an account at Salsa and
> request membership in the Sugar team - as that's how you can have write
> access to our git repos there.  More info on that at
> https://wiki.debian.org/Sugar#Development and more generally at
> https://wiki.debian.org/Salsa


I've registered at Salsa but am getting a message: 'You have signed up
successfully. However, we could not sign you in because your account is
awaiting approval from your GitLab administrator.'  So I guess I'm waiting
for someone to review and approve the registration?

>
>
> You might also want to register at the Sugar mailinglist, to receive the
> emails related to the packaging work.
>

I'm still subscribed the pkg-sugar-dev mailing list so assuming that's the
list you mean, we should be good to go there.

>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>  - Jonas
>

Thanks and looking forward to discussing further,
Phil
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