John Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Have the developers considered creating a standard template/skeleton > for user contributed packages? [...] > I'm asking this because I have some things that others might want, like > higher level sockets, SSL, an async dns library, etc, but no real easy > way to distribute. And I'm sure that others in a similar situation > have stuff I might want. The things in the CMUCL ports collection are > scattered all around the net, with few docs, and little > standardisation. > > Is this a nutty idea? I think it's a great idea, but I don't see why it needs the CMUCL core developers to do it. Obviously it would be nice if they Officially Approved it, but that doesn't really involve any more work on their part than putting links on web pages. It's one of the goals towards which CLiki/ASDF/cCLan is iterating. We have a single point (a page on the CLiki site) in which you describe your package, and a specially formatted link which points at the download location - which can be your own site, or can be part of the cCLan network. The package downloaded is expected to conform to the "ASDF System" standard, which covers the defsystem used (asdf), and will eventually specify things like documentation as well. cCLan hackers are developing converters so that ASDF Systems can be turned automatically into rpms, debian packages or what-have-you too. cCLan itself is intended to be portable, but that doesn't imply that the packages in it necessarily need be. db-sockets, for example, is CMUCL/SBCL-specific and likely to remain so. For more information: - http://ww.telent.net/cliki/ASDF%20System - http://ww.telent.net/cliki/cclan - http://ww.telent.net/cliki/asdf - http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=28536 - irc.freenode/net / #lisp If you'd like to participate, please take a gander at the mailing lists -dan -- http://ww.telent.net/cliki/ - Link farm for free CL-on-Unix resources
