[Gardeners] Evaluating packages: faq?

[Marc Battyani]

"Tayssir John Gabbour" <tjg-lisp at pentaside.org> wrote:
>
> A big newbie problem seems to be evaluating programs they haven't
> learned, investing time only to see the potholes which no one talks
> about. I think there should be a faq entry on this. My thoughts:
>
> * Currently, the best place to evaluate a package is skimming the
> mailing lists' archives, or emailing the author(s). Normally, a lack of
> mailing list is a negative... though supposedly BKNR is fairly reliable
> and they apparently only had a mailing list the last couple months.
>
> * If newbies see a serious problem with a lib, speak up! At least leave
> a note on the wiki page or something, so others are aware. (If authors
> really wanted bug reports, they'd probably have a public bug tracker, or
> seriously solicit them in big letters. ;)

That's rather easy:
First add the package/library/whatever to the Common Lisp Directory (if it's not already
there)
Then add comments ;-)

So people looking for a library will get it with its associated comments.

BTW Now the commented items should be visible in the CL-Directory RSS feeds and so on
Planet CLiki too.

http://www.cl-user.net

Marc