Common Lisp style: multiple packages in same repo

[Daniel Pezely]

On 2018-08-22 02:10 PM, Pascal Bourguignon wrote:
>> On 22 Aug 2018, at 00:36, Daniel Pezely <daniel at pezely.com 
>> <mailto:daniel at pezely.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I posted this to Stack Overflow but was hoping for more input.
>>
>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51638864/common-lisp-style-multiple-packages-in-same-repo
>>
>> May I get recommendations or links to representative code 
>> repositories with good style for multiple related Common Lisp 
>> packages, please? [...]
>>
> You’re asking about different things. 
> [...]
> In short: it depends!


Thanks, Pascal!

Yes, these are different-- yet intertwined as integral parts of a whole.

Regarding git repos: in this case, it's just one person.  The source 
code is small enough that it would be maintained by one person for 
foreseeable future, including potential forks supplying missing features 
that might be apparent to those familiar with conventional mmap use cases.

Regarding asdf systems versus packages: the hooks for invoking the test 
harness (Prove), launches via asdf mechanisms.  For practical purposes, 
these are tightly coupled here.

Regarding files: as much as I admire the Smalltalk model, my pragmatic 
side tips the scales in favour of being confined to conventional CL 
tools and approach, hence: asdf, uiop-posix, Prove and accommodating 
possible future inclusion by Quicklisp.


Oddly enough, I was expecting to drink from a fire hose of highly 
opinionated yet qualified CL advice.

By way of comparison, I just returned from Rust Conf in Portland, 
Oregon/US, last week and was reminded that their `cargo` package manager 
has "workspaces" [1].  It synchronizes dependencies of multiple packages 
within a common directory tree.  That satisfies criteria described in 
the original post, apart from being for a different language of course.

(Unfortunately, I don't have time to contribute a Lispy equivalent as 
the most recent start-up company didn't quite go as intended... but I 
digress.)

[1] 
https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/second-edition/ch14-03-cargo-workspaces.html


Thanks again for all your recommendations and insights!

   -Daniel

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