[Glass] [ANN] GsUpgrader

[Jon Paynter via Glass]

Question -- is the GsUpgrader intended to be used for the initial install
of glass?

If not, i'll start another thread.

if so.. I got new errors when trying.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Dale Henrichs via Glass <
glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com> wrote:

> Johan,
>
> I have been trying a whole bunch of combinations to try to reproduce the
> conflict that you are seeing and I've been unsuccessful ... so I guess I
> need additional information.
>
> The log or transcript of the upgrade would be very useful along with the
> result of:
>
>   GsUpgrader metacelloReport
>
> from before the load ...
>
> In the latest version of Metacello loading a baseline over a configuration
> should never produce a conflict ... so you've probably got a specific
> version of Metacello loaded along with GLASS that slips through the
> GsUpgrader net ...
>
> There is a path in GsUpgrader that looks suspicious, but I prefer to have
> a specific test case before making changes ...
>
> Dale
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Johan Brichau <johan at yesplan.be> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dale,
>>
>> I’m currently applying the upgradeGLASS1 on a 3.1 stone running Seaside30
>> where I am upgrading to Zinc 2.4.3, which relies on GLASS.
>> I’m getting a load conflict for Grease because I have the one loaded from
>> Smalltalkhub.
>>
>> ERROR 2710 , a MetacelloConflictingProjectError occurred (error 2710),
>> Load Conflict between existing ConfigurationOfGrease 1.0.9 from
>> http://www.smalltalkhub.com/mc/Seaside/MetacelloConfigurations/main and
>> BaselineOfGrease [baseline] from
>> github://GsDevKit/Grease:master/repository
>>  (MetacelloConflictingProjectError)
>>
>> Is this not something we can safely allow? Grease is going to be loaded
>> from smalltalkhub or gemsource in many cases.
>>
>> Johan
>>
>> On 16 Sep 2014, at 19:17, Dale Henrichs via Glass <
>> glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>>
>> With the move of more and more GsDevKit projects to github, the process
>> of upgrading to the proper version of GLASS and Metacello has gotten fairly
>> complicated:
>>
>>   - Upgrade to GLASS1.0-beta.9.3 (unless you have already upgrading to
>> GLASS1)
>>   - Upgrade to the latest version of Metacello (load preview unless you
>> have already loaded a baseline)
>>   - Upgrade to the latest version of GLASS1
>>
>> I am also still adding features and bugfixes to Metacello to improve the
>> support of git/github projects, and unfortunately it is not always possible
>> to use Metacello to install an upgrade of Metacello itself.
>>
>> I created the gsUpgrader[1] project to simplify the upgrade process for
>> the github-based projects. GsUpgrader is a single class with four entry
>> points:
>>
>>   - upgradeGLASS[3]
>>   - upgradeGLASS1[4]
>>   - upgradeGrease[5]
>>   - upgradeMetacello[6]
>>
>> A fifth entry point: #metacelloReport produces a project/package version
>> report that is useful to help debug upgrade issues ... I've tested
>> GsUpgrader in a number of scenarios[7], but there always seem to be special
>> cases that sneak through the cracks.
>>
>> The class is loaded from a package using the following expression:
>>
>>   Gofer new
>>     package: 'GsUpgrader-Core';
>>     url: 'http://ss3.gemtalksystems.com/ss/gsUpgrader';
>>     load.
>>
>> A simple package is used so that the GsUpgrader class can be used to
>> upgrade GemStone installations as old as GemStone 2.4.4.1[2] (the first
>> GemStone version that officially supported GLASS).
>>
>> I will start updating the installation instructions for the various
>> github-based projects to use GsUpgrader.
>>
>> I would recommend that all of you use GsUpgrader to upgrade to the latest
>> version of Metacello using the following expression:
>>
>>   Gofer new
>>     package: 'GsUpgrader-Core';
>>     url: 'http://ss3.gemtalksystems.com/ss/gsUpgrader';
>>     load.
>>   (Smalltalk at: #GsUpgrader) upgradeMetacello.
>>
>> Having an up-to-date version of Metacello is probably the most important
>> thing at this juncture and it is always a good idea to upgrade Metacello
>> before upgading any other github-based projects.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/GsDevKit/gsUpgrader#gsupgrader-
>> [2]
>> http://gemstonesoup.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/gemstones-64-version-2-4-4-1-is-shipping/
>> [3] https://github.com/GsDevKit/gsUpgrader#gsupgrader-classupgradeglass
>> [4] https://github.com/GsDevKit/gsUpgrader#gsupgrader-classupgradeglass1
>> [5] https://github.com/GsDevKit/gsUpgrader#gsupgrader-classupgradegrease
>> [6]
>> https://github.com/GsDevKit/gsUpgrader#gsupgrader-classupgrademetacello
>> [7] https://travis-ci.org/GsDevKit/gsUpgrader/builds/35386940
>>
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