Scratch activity problems

[Daniel Drake]

Hi,

Scott requested I pass on some information about 2 issues with the
Scratch activity:

1. Version numbering:
The version number in the activity bundle is wrong (it reads version 2,
but the bundle is Scratch-5.xo). This confuses the activity updater,
which thinks you have version 2 installed, thinks version 5 is
available, and hence always tries to get you to upgrade.

2. Saving of files:
Scratch does not use the Journal, it uses the regular filesystem.
Rainbow prevents Scratch from saving in usual locations. So, Scratch
ships with a world-writable "Projects" directory underneath the activity
directory, but this does not work when the activity is installed from a
customization key. (the directory is not writable in this case)

John Maloney (scratch developer) is aware of both issues. He is
considering making Scratch use the journal in future, but this is a
large amount of work.

Daniel