[slime-devel] Bug report and bug reporting

[Helmut Eller]

smishra at speakeasy.net writes:

> Hi,
>
> I've encountered a bug when using slime with ACL 6.2 on windows. I get
> an error if in my slime repl I run (tpl:do-command "zoom"). Is this
> replicable? Any suggestions?

Yes, it is replicable.  But I think this is not actually a SLIME bug
because it also occurs in a normal terminal if you enter 

  (mp:process-run-function "foo" (lambda () (tpl:do-command "zoom")))

So it seems that tpl:do-command can only be called if the toplevel
loop is running in that thread.  tpl:top-level-read-eval-print-loop
seems to start such a loop.

> Also, is there any mechanism to report slime bugs other than
> subscribing to this mailing list? I've never used gmane, is it less
> of a hassle for the end user?

You can post via gmane without being subscribed to the list. The first
time you have to send a confirmation message, but the following
messages don't require the confirmation.  That's gmane's way to block
spammers.

Yes, I think it is a bit less a hassle because you don't have to
remember passwords and such.  Gmane is also useful if you just want
to read the mailing list or search for old messages and if you like a
newsreaderly interface.

> Perhaps a note to that effect would be good
> on the web page. But I feel there ought to be something on the web
> page or documentation that says something about bug reporting while
> slime is still imperfect.

Yes, that would be good.

Helmut.