[cl-debian] UCW status, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

[Faré]

On 29/03/06, Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd at debian.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 March 2006 19:21, Faré wrote:
>> I don't know at this point what is needed for cl-launch to be accepted
>> as an official debian package. I guess the main thing lacking is an
>> official debian package maintainer.
>
> Hello Faré,
Hi Peter,

> Actually there is no need for an official maintainer. I had a quick look and
> despite some fundamental disagreements (like the cache beneath ~/) the
> package does look good.
Well, you must understand that at least the default, portable,
non-debian version of cl-launch CANNOT assume anything like the
common-lisp-controller cache hierarchy. However, if you patch
cl-launch to have it share the c-l-c cache when appropriate (which
supposes we properly detect the lisp version, too, because I for one
use both the debian sbcl and my own compiled sbcl's on the same
machine -- but I suppose that if c-l-c is in the current image then it
can be assumed to be the only c-l-c image for given implementation),
then I'll be glad to include it upstream.

> The only comment I can make is that it uses a dash
> (1.79-1) which for a native package is not good, in any case I would advice
> you to make it a non-native package so other people can upload fixes without
> increasing 'your' version needlessly.
Will be done shortly.

> If you intend to support the package I
> would be happy to upload it for you.
I certainly intend to support the package.

Actually, I'm eager to have opinions on how cl-launch should work with
respect to saving and restoring images for faster startup. What is the
right way to handle lisp invocation arguments, etc.?

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