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

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Phil Bellalouna (2021-10-06 01:44:20)
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 2:06 PM Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk> 
> wrote:
> > 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.

Phew!  I worried if my/our silence had discouraged you too much.


> > 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.

Sounds good - both parts.


> > 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?

I agree: Give it some days, and if still not working shout out - then I 
can try nuddge some folks e.g. via irc.


> > 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.

Yes, that's what I meant.

I've dropped you as direct cc on this mail now: Posting style for Debian 
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Looking forward to collaborate with you,

 - Jonas

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