Quoth Paulo Sequeira <psequei...@gmail.com>: > I agree. I also started feeling that ql-* packages would be a burden I wasn't > sure would be worth bearing.
Yeah, although it would be nice. > What you describe is basically the expectation I've been having about > the package. Would it be useful still? Well, I think so, if only to > give Quicklisp a proper status of citizen in Debian. You're right. Quicklisp should definitely be Debian citizen. > I recall my feelings when reading the Quicklisp setup instructions the first > time, realizing that libraries are all user-only and that no package for it > was available, not even in sid. I didn't even wanted to try it at first, > until I found the hard way that sticking only to what was officially > debianized wasn't representative of the possibilites already available from > the CL community. I could have given up trying Lisp if it weren't for the > copious recommendations of Quicklisp you find here and there on the web. You raise a good point. I also often feel that way about software that hasn't been packaged for Debian. > I've also thought about this option, specially due to the shortcomings of > Quicklisp when compared wtih dpkg (e.g. no package descriptions! and not > able to express dependencies on foreign, non-Lisp libraries either). But yes, > this definitely can't be something to be considered in a first try. I'm sure something like the Ruby Team's gem2deb tool is eminently possible, but I'm not the man for job as I don't have the skills, nor the time to acquire them. > I'm still not done going over the other materials you've posted, so I'll be > replying later about them. Thanks. It'd be great if you could actually give swiQlisp a try and let me know what you think. Sebastian -- Emacs' AlsaPlayer - Music Without Jolts Lightweight, full-featured and mindful of your idyllic happiness. http://home.gna.org/eap _______________________________________________ pkg-common-lisp-devel mailing list pkg-common-lisp-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-common-lisp-devel
