> At Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:54:06 +0200, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote: > > On 07/13/13 20:56, Matthew Flatt wrote: > > [...] > > > ** Downloading release installers from PLT > > > > > > The "www.racket-lang.org" site's big blue button will provide the same > > > installers that it does now, at least by default. That is, the content > > > provided by the installer --- DrRacket, teaching languages, etc. --- > > > will be pretty much the same as now. > > > > > > > Will be also available a big tarball with the source and all batteries > > included, like the actual "unix source"?. Will be possible to compile a > > full distro of racket with the usual "configure && make && make install"?
To clarify (because I now realize this may not have been apparent to others), you have in mind delivering Racket's main distribution as an OpenBSD port, right? At Sun, 14 Jul 2013 06:00:17 -0600, Matthew Flatt wrote: > This was not been part of the plan. Now that you ask, though, I see how > it makes sense to package the core source together with package sources > for a given set of packages --- including the "main-distribution" > package, for a site that distributes "main-distribution" installers. Longer term, I think that OS-level packages/ports should probably reflect a minimal Racket installation, and then further Racket packages would be installed via the Racket package system. But I can also see how a "main Racket distribution" package/port that resides completely within the OS's system could also make sense, especially in the short term. A core+package source tarball should make that easier. _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
