[Etoys] DrGeoII.xo

[Bert Freudenberg]

On Jan 25, 2008, at 16:11 , Korakurider wrote:

> On Jan 25, 2008 8:00 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>  
> wrote:
>>>> I think we need a better theory separating the "base app" (the code
>>>> that gets loaded) and the current project. Perhaps the .xo should
>>>> contain both a .st for the code and a .pr for the initial  
>>>> project ...
>>>> that would mean when saving the project it would not have to  
>>>> save out
>>>> the code. On loading we would have to distinguish between  
>>>> resuming an
>>>> old project and starting a new activity instance, loading either  
>>>> the
>>>> project in the bundle or the one from the datastore. For that I  
>>>> think
>>>> we would have to pass the bundled project via the "URI" parameter,
>>>> and it would get ignored if an OBJECT_ID is present.
>
> I am curious how we will be able to keep project interoperability
> especially for DrGeoII between OLPC Etoys and Squeakland OLPC if we
> separate them.
>
> And by separating, also dependency would be introduced.  Then we might
> want to manage it wisely.  For instances:
> + add dependency description to manifest in gzipped .pr so that user
> can review it when encounter problem.
> + newer "base app" could check dependency hint embedded in project and
> migrate the project if it is based on older app.


As far as I know, DrGeo is normally used with a custom image - right,  
Hilaire? The project simply assumes the .SAR with the DrGeo code has  
been loaded already. So the situation would not be too different.

- Bert -