Re: from Zhu Chongkai
Chongkai Zhu <mrmathematica-/[email protected]> Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:30:37 -0800 (PST)
| Newsgroups | gmane.lisp.scheme.plt.schematics |
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Thank you for the introduction. Now I feel that I am ready, what should I do next? ======= At 2005-02-14, 23:53:50 Francisco Solsona wrote: ======= >Hello Zhu, > >I bet Noel means well. I know we really need help with the SRFI >support, PLT is getting far behind other scheme implementations with >respect to srfis. > >So, welcome aboard! > >And just let me tell you some things about the SRFI stuff: > >1. At the beginning we shipped our ported SRFIs via .plt package, as >an external library. >2. A couple of versions ago, it was decided that SRFIs were important, >and so the whole library was incorporated to the main PLT tree. >3. I tried for a little while to keep both CVS trees synchronized. It >was hell, so I'm not doing that anymore. This means that the SRFI >library at schematics is NOT the latest. > >How about if we work like this: > >1. When porting and testing a new SRFI: we use the schematics CVS tree >exclusively. >2. Once we are happy with the port, I can insert it into the PLT CVS >tree, and it will become visible to the world. > >One thing we weren't doing at Schematics, but it is very important for >the PLT is testing. They have their own test platform, and it would >be nice to add tests for the new SRFIs. > >One other thing we must do is to "port" the SRFI document itself. >This isn't hard, because we can include the html itself, but first we >must add name#tags, and create a couple of index files. The index >files are used by the help desk. > >does any of these make any sense? > >best regards, >--Francisco > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Sincerely, Zhu Chongkai __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click