Re: [clisp-list] Cygwin feature

[Randall R S. <rrs...@cr...>]

Sam,

I would take this on, but you should know that I'd face two learning curves 
in doing so:

1) Cygwin package maintenance--I've never done it before, though I was 
thinking of turning my Glimpse indexer port (it was trivial) into a Cygwin 
package, so learning the ins and outs of Cygwin package preparation and 
maintenance would kill both these birds

2) CLISP internals--I've never been under the hood of CLISP. The last 
language interpreter / compiler I worked on was XSB 
(<http://xsb.sourceforge.net/>), which also is also uses a byte-code 
compile and interpret scheme, so I do have some background with this sort 
of software.

If you find these circumstances acceptable, then I'll undertake to learn 
about Cygwin packaging.

You should inform me (or refer me to the necessary information) about the 
CLISP CVS repository, the version / tag naming scheme and which is to be 
used as the basis for a new Cygwin package, how the CLISP principals work 
w.r.t. to collaborative development, how / when to track ongoing 
developments by the CLISP developers, other lists I should subscribe to, etc.

I just saw the 2.29 release announcement, so I assume this is the target 
for a Cygwin release.

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 09:15 2002-07-25, Sam Steingold wrote:
>Randall,
>
> > * In message <5.1...@po...>
> > * On the subject of "Re: [clisp-list] Cygwin feature"
> > * Sent on Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:00:24 -0700
> > * Honorable Randall R Schulz <rrs...@cr...> writes:
> >
> > I use Cygwin extensively, so the Cygwin version would interest me
> > greatly. I don't doubt the Cygwin principals would accept a CLISP
> > package into the Cygwin contributed software.
>
>Would you like to maintain the Cygwin CLISP package?
><http://cygwin.com/setup.html>
>
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