beginnings of STAR packages

Yes, SmallTalk ARchives   They
work, but they need support in the 
build system so that packages are installed as STARs.

A .star file must have the same name as the package it
contains except 
for the extension.  It must include a package.xml file
(singular, not 
plural).  It cannot contain .so modules as these have to be
installed 
separately.  To load it, we use the VFS functionality.

Tested by building a MD5.star package:

$ zip -9 ../+build/MD5.star md5.st md5tests.st package.xml

where package.xml is this:

<package>
   <name>MD5</name>
   <sunit>MD5Test</sunit>
   <prereq>SUnit</prereq>

   <filein>md5.st</filein>
   <filein>md5tests.st</filein>
   <module>md5</module>

   <file>md5.st</file>
   <file>md5tests.st</file>
</package>

and doing this:

((((PackageLoader refresh; instVarAt: 14) instVarAt: 1) at:
3) at: #MD5) 
primFileIn

Don't you all love encapsulation? 

Paolo

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