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bug#73056: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: cl-ciel: Update to 0.2.1
From: |
Guillaume Le Vaillant |
Subject: |
bug#73056: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: cl-ciel: Update to 0.2.1 |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 11:33:15 +0000 |
Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:
> Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Is building the core image useful, given that the sbcl-ciel-repl package
>> will contain the binary with the same included features?
>
> The CIEL REPL is specifically meant for use in the terminal, whereas the
> core image is recommended by upstream for use with Emacs/Slime and
> similar environments.
>
>> If yes, it would be better to put it in the "lib/" directory instead of
>> "bin/" (e.g. SBCL puts the default core image in "lib/sbcl/").
>
> I have no strong opinions on the location. There is only one other
> package in Guix that builds a core image. That's sbcl-slynk, and it
> puts the image under /bin, so I did the same.
>
> There is some justification to this choice because the images are
> actually executable. You can use either
>
> bin/ciel.image
>
> or
>
> sbcl --core bin/ciel.image
>
> with the same effect.
>
> As I said, I don't care much, but I think it would be preferable to have
> a uniform policy about this in Guix, now that we have two packages that
> build images :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Konrad.
Ok. Patch applied as 904f871378337b7c9e6ffa2b62d9a62a6d1e937d.
Thanks.