Hi Richard,Keep in mind that Installations do not always = Releases. Prior to 9.0, an Installation, such as 8.6 could potentially contain multiple Releases (8.6.0, 8.6.1, etc), so naming an 8.6 Installation as 8.6.3 could be incorrect. Beginning with 9.0, we stopped layering Releases within the same Installation, so from that point on , Releases and Installations have a 1 to 1 relationship. Would be nice if we could ignore older versions, but we can't.You are correct about the order of the Installations on the VA Smalltalk Installations form, they are just displaying the underlying ordered collection. I would sort it from newest to oldest as you suggest, much like the Release drop-down list on the Create New Environment form already does. I'll create a development case for that. I will have to modify the code for both of these lists when 10 comes out as simple string sorting will throw the 10 Installations/Releases to the bottom of the list.The name change is also ignored when editing existing Installations. I can look into that one too.
If you really want the Installation to show up as 8.6.3 instead of 8.6 because it only contains the 8.6.3 release, you can do so via Environments. Remove the 8.6 Installation from Environments (you will have to remove any environments pointing to it first). Then add the 8.6 Installation 'by hand' using the Define a new VA Smalltalk Installation Folder button instead of Scanning for new ones. After selecting the path to your 8.6 Installation, change the Name from 8.6 to 8.6.3 , then press Done. Note that this change will make your Release drop-down list display 8.6.3 (8.6.3) instead of 8.6 (8.6.3).
Hi Richard,Assuming you have installed 8.6.1 and 8.6.3 in the normal way, they will exist within the same Installation (8.6). The 8.6 installation will show up on the Installations panel as a single item; however, when you create a new Environment, the Release: dropdown list will show multiple items for 8.6: (861 (8.6) and 863 (8.6). Do you see these?
Thanks,BobI do have and need my 8.6.3 images, but I was also trying to adopt an 8.6.1 image. Needless to say, Environments "had words for me". It politely told me it didn't have an 8.6.1 installation. What would I need to do to have an 8.6.1 installation and an 8.6.3 installation, simultaneously?
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For the older releases prior's to 9.0, the ### designation comes from the newimage### folder names. So newimage863 translates into 863, etc.I'm a little unclear on what your second question means.
BobFor my edification, from what does Environments get the "863" and "861" identification that it cites in messages and in the release drop downlist items you showed for a correct installation of the two? How does it figure out it needs "861" and yet cannot figure out the added environment which holds it? By the way, this is in no way a request for a change, just a search for understanding what artefacts it looks at,
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