> * Luca Capello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-11-23 18:21:12 +0100]: > >>> 1) ATM Debian does not ship two clisp linking sets, despite a wishlist >>> bug is openend for more than 5 years now [4] (with another one being >>> very similar [5]). I already planned to solve this issue splitting >>> the Debian clisp package into clisp-base and clisp-full, but I have >>> not had time yet :-( >>> >>> 2) makevars wants to include all of the libraries listed in clisp-dev >>> Depends:, that is why these libraries are, in the Debian world, >>> required. >> >> why don't you want to ship one package with two linking sets?! > > I am fine with one package with two linking sets, but having two > separate packages is IMHO a better solution, since it will help people > who wants a minimal clisp installation.
on a second thought, you might be right. in fact, you might want to offer several different packages, e.g., in addition to clisp-base, - clisp-db (base + bdb + postgresql) - clisp-gui (base + clx + gtk) - clisp-net (base + rawsock + ???) - clisp-math (base + libsvm + pari) you might also build clisp with dynamic modules and offer individual modules a la carte. > Is there any disadvantage with two separate packages? are clisp-base and clisp-full going to be independent? if yes, which will be used by default? I suggest that clisp-full depends on clisp-base and the latter is _always_ the default (as it is with the normal clisp installation). Note also that the file clisp/unix/INSTALL has a section "Additional Information for Maintainers of Binary Packages" with a "Module selection" subsection. I think it would be a good idea for debian to follow those suggestions. I am mostly concerned with "offering a uniform experience to all CLISP users regardless of platform or distribution". >>> Footnotes: >>> [4] http://bugs.debian.org/177057 >>> [5] http://bugs.debian.org/462085 -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) http://truepeace.org http://iris.org.il http://jihadwatch.org http://memri.org http://openvotingconsortium.org http://honestreporting.com http://dhimmi.com Your mouse has moved - WinNT has to be restarted for this to take effect. _______________________________________________ pkg-common-lisp-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-common-lisp-devel
