On 23 March 2010 22:43, Joel Martin <nos...@martintribe.org> wrote: > I'll know that this problem is solved when the Setup and Getting > Started sections of the main Getting Started page resemble this: > > ----- > For debian and Ubuntu users: > apt-get install clojure > > For Fedora and CentOS users: > yum install clojure > > For other distributions: > wget XXX.tgz > tar xvzf XXX.tgz > ./XXX/install.sh > source /etc/profile > > Now run the REPL: > clj > ----- > > This implies several things: > > - The clojure package is in the universe or equivalent repo for > respective distros > > - The clojure package is a meta-package that pulls in all the basics > needed for a useable clojure environment: > - clojure-base (or whatever it is named as long as it's not > 'clojure') > - clojure-contrib > - Java > - documentation and examples > - emacs config/example/integration > - vim config/syntax highlight files, etc) > - a default repl launcher with command line history and one that > catches Ctrl-C > > - Clojure is a first class citizen on the system. It is installed to > normal system locations, paths/classpaths are configured to work out > of the box, the repl launcher is in /usr/bin (or at least in the > system default path) > > > Until Clojure is quite popular, distributions are unlikely to spend > effort on packaging it, but Clojure won't become popular until it is > packaged well for popular distributions (this is a typical problem > actually). This means that the Clojure community will have to have > people who know and are willing to endure the tedium of distro > packaging. >
I don't know the process, but I'm willing to endure the tedium of packaging clojure for Ubuntu (and by extension Debian) if this is the kind of thing that can be a two-person job. -- "Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot." --Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
