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Re: [Gcl-devel] Where to send bug reports
From: |
Camm Maguire |
Subject: |
Re: [Gcl-devel] Where to send bug reports |
Date: |
21 Sep 2002 19:51:52 -0400 |
Greetings!
"Paul F. Dietz" <address@hidden> writes:
> Camm Maguire wrote:
>
> > What we need is either a master working list periodically updated and
> > posted here, and/or filings on the web site. Now I fear that some
> > issues may get lost if they cannot be immediately resolved.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> I think they should be posted on the web site, with a side posting
> (one time only) to this newsgroup.
>
> As an example, I've added task #1433 to the bugs list. I'll add
> some more of the ones I've raised in the next few days.
>
> Be aware that when I raise an issue, it's because I've written
> a test case that exercises the bug. I can rerun these test cases
> at will, so the bugs will not get lost. I started writing these
> test cases for other lisps (ACL and CMUCL, mainly), so some
> parts of the test suite are too ANSI to run under GCL at the moment.
> I'm going to put up some ANSI compliance tasks that will help the
> tests run better (for example, a fix for DEFPACKAGE).
>
> Is there any way I can put these tests on a remove CVS server so
> anyone can download them? My ISP doesn't support this and they
> don't let me use my machine as a server.
>
If they are a reasonable size, mail, possibly mime encoded, is
probably best. On second thought, as a gcl developer, you can
probably access the ftp space via ssh. Instructions should be on the
web page somewhere.
Take care,
> Paul
>
>
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Camm Maguire address@hidden
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