Monday, November 26, 2018

Re: Common Lisp and OpenBSD

Programmer <programmer@verisimilitudes.net> wrote:
> There don't seem to be any Common Lisp libraries available as
> packages. I'm aware of some end-software, but not just libraries.
>
> I believe it would be valuable to have some Common Lisp libraries
> available through the normal OpenBSD means. I'd be interested in
> packaging the most common and mature Common Lisp libraries, but I'm
> not certain who I'd discuss this with, if anyone. Versioning doesn't
> matter much, because Common Lisp libraries rarely update and even then
> rarely update in breaking ways.
>
> I'd appreciate any help or feedback and I'd be glad to do whatever's
> necessary to get some such libraries accepted. If man pages are
> necessary for libraries, I can get to work on writing some immediately.

I already answered about this on misc@
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=154314448613311&w=2

There is no point porting libraries if it's not used by a port.

If you submit ports for interesting software requiring CL libraries, then it
may be useful to make ports for the libraries. I've not been able to find
any.

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