[pro] Langutils

[Anton Vodonosov]

22.08.2014, 21:02, "Zach Beane" <xach at xach.com>:
> Erik Huelsmann <ehuels at gmail.com> writes:
>>  Do you also see a role for cl-test-grid here, which tests quicklisp
>>  packaged libraries on a large number of platforms and may thus provide
>>  potential users with the insights they need for their platforms?
>
> Yes, very much so. It would be good to know, at a glance, that some
> library has been tested already and is known not to work on your chosen
> platform.
>
> It would also be helpful to make that information fairly detailed, on
> further clicking, so you can make in informed decision about how
> accurate it might be (how recently was it tested?), and what work it
> might take to get it to work, or at least to the next failure point.
>
> For example, if some project fails to build on SBCL because it uses the
> LispWorks MP package, someone could see that and decide to try updating
> it to use bordeaux-threads instead. That might lead to a working
> project, or it might lead to a new failure, but at least it's some basis
> for making a decision about what to do.

BTW, for those who don't know, latest build results collected by cl-test-grid
for each library Quicklisp may be found here:
http://common-lisp.net/project/cl-test-grid/library/