22.08.2014, 21:02, "Zach Beane" <x...@xach.com>: > Erik Huelsmann <ehu...@gmail.com> writes: >> Do you also see a role for cl-test-grid here, which tests quicklisp >> packaged libraries on a large number of platforms and may thus provide >> potential users with the insights they need for their platforms? > > Yes, very much so. It would be good to know, at a glance, that some > library has been tested already and is known not to work on your chosen > platform. > > It would also be helpful to make that information fairly detailed, on > further clicking, so you can make in informed decision about how > accurate it might be (how recently was it tested?), and what work it > might take to get it to work, or at least to the next failure point. > > For example, if some project fails to build on SBCL because it uses the > LispWorks MP package, someone could see that and decide to try updating > it to use bordeaux-threads instead. That might lead to a working > project, or it might lead to a new failure, but at least it's some basis > for making a decision about what to do.
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