[slime] swank-loader could use ASDF (#65)

[Sian Mountbatten]

Je Wed, 8 Jan 2014 22:58:06 -0500 (EST)
Daniel Herring <dherring at tentpost.com> skribis:

> Hi all,
> 
> For what little they're worth, here are my votes on the topic.
> 
> Q: Have Quicklisp distribute Slime?
> A: Sure!  (Doesn't it already?)
> 
> Q: Have Slime rely on ASDF?
> A: Sure.  The current Slime loader is generally reliable, but there
> is something to be said for pooling effort in a common solution, and
> ASDF has really improved in recent years.
> 
> Q: Have Slime rely on Quicklisp?
> A: No way!  You've got this all backwards.  Quicklisp adds
> downloading, dependency management, and such to ASDF.  It also
> assumes a network connection and a certain level of trust in the
> repository.
> 
> Q: Have Slime rely on make?
> A: ?!??  GNU Make maybe, but it is essentially a non-starter on
> MSWin, Android, iOS, ....
> 
> 
> Thinking about an ideal, non-Quicklisp-assisted install, could
> something like the following work?
> 
> - download and extract Slime (zip, tar.gz, or txz)
> - open slime-install.lisp in Emacs
> - follow some instructions that start an interactive session that 
> configures and installs (or upgrades) Slime

Dear List

I'd like to put in my two pennorth.

I am currently using the wheezy flavour of the Debian Linux distro and
I should like to point out that slime is a standard Debian package.
Both ASDF and Quicklisp are available as the Debian packages cl-asdf
and cl-quicklisp respectively.

I also use sbcl and I notice that the ASDF bundled with sbcl is not as
recent as that supplied by the Debian package cl-asdf. So, maybe some
time should be given as to why that is so.

Yours aye
--
Dr Sian Mountbatten
<http://www.poenikatu.co.uk/>
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