[slime-devel] Re: [Maxima] Slime vs Maxima's nregex

[Nikodemus Siivola]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Raymond Toy wrote:

> While playing with Maxima and slime, I've run into a problem.  Both
> maxima and slime use the nregex package.  This would be ok, but we've
> modified nregex slightly to make it do what we want, and the changes
> are compatible with slime's version.
>
> To prevent collision, I propose we change the package that nregex is
> in from NREGEX to MAXIMA-NREGEX.  This shouldn't be a problem and
> should prevent collisions with other NREGEX packages in use.

Might it be less work for both Slime and Maxima in the long run to
register nregex on sourceforge or clnet, or even just keep it in
a separate module within either project's CVS, so that there would
once again be an upstream for it?

Cheers,

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