Comment by igouy

> traditional way of doing smalltalk development

Is that in-conflict with a reproducible build process or can we have both.

> makes upgrading the base image harder, because there is no clear distinction between the base image and any user added changes.

We've been keeping "user added changes" in external files? (Plus the changes file.)

Port "user added changes" from the source code archive to each vendor release.

(btw: I ask nicely and don't abuse this small kindness.)