Cecil Westerhof wrote:
Robert Schweikert <rschweikert@novell.com> writes:
openSUSE uses clisp 2.44.1. This is from February 2008 and the latest version is 2.48. Why does openSUSE not use a more recent version? Probably a maintainer resource issue. If you have interest in the package, maybe you could upgrade it and maintain it.
Here is a starting point: http://en.opensuse.org/SUSE_Build_Tutorial
I just started with Common Lisp and I am using clisp because this one is in the repository. In the future I properly will switch to sbcl. But in principal I would not mind to maintain clisp (and maybe also sbcl). But how much time I should expect I need to invest?
One problem: You should have a good understanding about the creation of RPMs.
I have never done that. Is that hard to learn?
It's not that difficult, far easier than Lisp as far as I am concerned. As far as clisp is concerned since there is already a package you can use the existing spec file as your template and learn as you go and make changes. You can also look at the Junior Bugs page http://en.opensuse.org/Junior_Bugs As it has some step by step instructions on how to apply patches etc. Robert
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