Thanks a lot for your reply, Phil - I had no idea it was deprecated. I'll make an effort to do what you've suggested!
On Feb 11, 1:29 pm, Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Paul Mooser <taron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I struggle fairly often with keeping clojure/contrib/slime up to date > > on my machine - it seems that every time I update it, something > > fundamental has broken (like build.xml going away in contrib). There > > are a few things that seem to try to make this easier (like clojure- > > mode's install-clojure, or ClojureX) but they also seem unable to keep > > up with the speed of some of the changes that are happening (or, quite > > possibly, I'm using them incorrectly or ineffectively). > > M-x install-clojure has been deprecated for quite some time now. If > you work from the swank-clojure readme you should be able to get a > usable setup with no headaches since it doesn't involve compiling code > locally anymore. The CI server at build.clojure.org handles > compilation issues for you, and only the stable versions of the elisp > libraries are present on ELPA since those don't change very much any > more. > > http://github.com/technomancy/swank-clojure > > If there are problems with the instructions there please bring them up > on the mailing list or file a bug. > > > but it's hard for me to > > think that this isn't especially frustrating for new users, who I > > suspect will find that most tutorials or guides to setting up clojure > > with slime (for example) aren't going to work at all. > > Outdated documentation is an annoyance for any project. I've kept the > official docs up to date, but there are so many blog posts out there > that point people towards methods that don't work any more; there's > not much that can be done about that. Just pay attention to the > posting date when you are looking for things like this; if you find a > post that's over six months old you might need to think twice. > > -Phil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
