[Moose-dev] Fwd: The case of MondrianPaintings

[Simon Denier]

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> From: Simon Denier <Simon.Denier at inria.fr>
> Date: 20 novembre 2009 16:45:05 UTC-03:00
> To: Simon Denier <Simon.Denier at inria.fr>
> Subject: Re: [Moose-dev] The case of MondrianPaintings
>
>
> On 18 nov. 2009, at 12:39, Simon Denier wrote:
>
>>
>> On 17 nov. 2009, at 12:15, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
>>
>>> Dear List,
>>>
>>> MondrianPaintings is a package belonging to the Mondrian  
>>> repository that contains few classes apparently to compute cycles,  
>>> render a distribution map, and render some views related to Flair.
>>
>> Problem is we never really discussed what this MondrianPaintings is  
>> about. I understand it as a bunch of applications based on  
>> Mondrian, more complex than basic stuff, and independent of Moose.
>> But it still a bit in the gray.
>>
>>>
>>> There is a number of problems with this package:
>>> 	- It contains too few tests. Among the 9 test run, 4 raise an  
>>> error. Apparently CollectionExtensions is required, which belongs  
>>> to Moose. Mondrian cannot depends on Moose. Maybe  
>>> CollectionExtensions may be moved into a standalone package for  
>>> which both Mondrian and Moose can depend on.
>>
>>> 	- MOSmalltalkPaintings>>viewWAPackageHierarchy depends on  
>>> WAPackage which is not present in Mondrian and in a Dev image
>>
>> yes this is viz for seaside packages
>>
>>>
>>> What should we do with this package? We could move it to Moose,  
>>> but identifying cycles is an interesting feature that go beyond  
>>> Moose. As far as a I can see, making CollectionExtensions an  
>>> independent package looks the best compromise.
>>
>> Actually this package does not contain any cycle identification  
>> algo (there are in MooseAlgos and DSM for now), it's just stand- 
>> alone visualizations in which you can put data.
>
> Fixed. I actually move the cycle tables and layer tables classes to  
> MooseAlgos. Please test.
>
>>
>> I agree that CollectionExtensions should have its own project.
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexandre
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