Bug#609047: update on CCL packaging status (resent)

2013-09-12 Thread Faré
Dear Faheem, But just to play devil's advocate, it is possible to have multiple versions of ASDF installed simultaneously, right? Depends what you mean by installed, but I'll take it that you mean (a) each installed implementation's precompiled asdf FASL. (b) the source-only code

Bug#609047: update on CCL packaging status (resent)

2013-09-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Faré wrote: : Faheem Mitha The main outstanding thing that (probably) should be fixed before the CCL package itself is ready to be submitted to NEW is to remove the local copy of ASDF from CCL and configure CCL to look for the Debian installation of ASDF. I think at

Bug#609047: update on CCL packaging status (resent)

2013-09-11 Thread Faré
: Faheem Mitha Please let CCL come with its own ASDF 3, or maybe ASDF 2, if you're packaging the CCL release rather than trunk. ASDF 3 is a big boy, and will upgrade itself to the version from debian, if available, and will know how NOT to downgrade itself, thank you. Hi Faré. Sorry, I

Bug#609047: update on CCL packaging status (resent)

2013-09-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
Hi Faré, Sorry to put you to the trouble of having to explain this again. I'm sure you have had to do it before. On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Faré wrote: Can you elaborate on the reasons why looking to an external ASDF is not a good idea? I assume that having multiple versions of ASDF in the archive

Bug#609047: update on CCL packaging status (resent)

2013-09-11 Thread Faré
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Faheem Mitha fah...@faheem.info wrote: Sorry to put you to the trouble of having to explain this again. I'm sure you have had to do it before. No problem. In the bad old days of ASDF 1, few implementations shipped with ASDF, and those that did usually sported

Bug#609047: update on CCL packaging status (resent)

2013-09-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Faré wrote: On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Faheem Mitha fah...@faheem.info wrote: But just to play devil's advocate, it is possible to have multiple versions of ASDF installed simultaneously, right? Depends what you mean by installed, but I'll take it that you mean

Bug#609047: update on CCL packaging status (resent)

2013-09-10 Thread Faheem Mitha
retitle 609047 ITP: ccl -- Clozure CL owner 609047 ! thanks [Please CC responses to the bug report at 609...@bugs.debian.org] Hi, The current state of this package is reflected in the repositories https://bitbucket.org/faheem/ccl-debian and https://bitbucket.org/faheem/ccl-ffigen-debian

Bug#609047: update on CCL packaging status (resent)

2013-09-10 Thread Faré
: Faheem Mitha The main outstanding thing that (probably) should be fixed before the CCL package itself is ready to be submitted to NEW is to remove the local copy of ASDF from CCL and configure CCL to look for the Debian installation of ASDF. I think at least Christoph Egger suggested this,