[mel-base-devel] git repository link is down

[Brian O'Reilly]

On 10-12-07 09:16 PM, Jochen Schmidt wrote:
> Hello Brian,

[snip]

>> ... so I have to ask, is mel-base dead, or does it just smell
>> funny? Somebody needs to run update-server-info on the git repo
>> linked from the common-lisp.net project page.
>
> mel-base is far from dead - I use it extensively in my own projects
> and get mails from other people doing so too. It's quite stable for
> what it does. I hope you can understand, that I have not endless
> resources. Porting it to dozens of CL implementations, maintaining
> ASDF-INSTALL, common-lisp.net, holding all websites up to date is
> most of the time a bit too much hassle for a pro bono thing like
> this. Therefore I started drawing it back to my server and future
> public development on mel-base will happen on that (linked on
> common-lisp.net) Git repository. I'll stop maintaining ASDF-INSTALL
> (the download link on Cliki) because I think quicklisp (of which I'm
> a really big fan) is a better idea for that. I think in the long run
> this will be better for all.
>
> As before I'm able to offer commercial support and projects in
> relation to mel-base (and CL in general). I'm also very open to
> suggestions on future developments. Patches are welcome too.


Thanks for the response, Jochen. I'm very happy to hear that the
software hasn't evolved into a corner never to commit again. :) I think
mel-base is an awesome library (thank you!) which worked very well for
me when I reached out for it in June. I see that an improved (shorter)
version of the pull req I submitted to the list was included, and I
agree with your assessment of quicklisp. I just wasn't sure how to
interact with the development; your message clarifies those concerns.
I'm also glad to see the move to git -- I have been moving all my own
stuff off of darcs to git in the past year or so. Your git repo wasn't 
allowing clones, which is ultimately why I posted the above. Could you 
ping the list when you update-server-info on the repo so we can once 
again clone the canon source? Thanks!

Kind regards.,

Brian