Hi all,
I'm just wondering if is possible to use Moose to install portable apps
Like Xmind[1] or Etoys[2]. Both have a packaging that include the
virtual machine and the software for Windows, Linux and Mac, so
installing it would be matter of telling moose where to download the
files and how to execute the proper file according to the operative
system. May be a more modular and intelligent way could be implemented
using the data analysis tools of moose and models to declare
dependencies between software and may be adding compiling tools or other
ways to install the software.
If you have any hint about where can I get started with this idea it
would be appreciated (I know that on this, pharo and pier mailing list I
continuously ask for pointers for different starting ideas... all they
are related, but now I just have not the time to start with them because
I was preparing the first part of my Ph.D exam... hopefully if I can get
any time to code and proper pointers, it will be with some code on
Smalltalk, instead of reinventing the wheel in other language).
[1]
http://xmind.net/
[2]
http://squeakland.org/download/
Cheers,
Offray