[Gardeners] CL Gardeners: good news, bad news, how to win big

[Marc Battyani]

"Brandon Edens" <brandon at cs.uri.edu> wrote:

>I'd like it if it were possible for other developers to not necessarily 
>take
>over the project on CL directory but instead have a means of submitting 
>patches
>and usage notes/examples/howtos relating to a project. The CL directory 
>could
>act as the meeting ground for the projects that it houses, or at least a 
>journal
>of information relating to projects.
>
>I know this requires additional work in the framework. Its just that if I 
>were
>using CL-NCURSES and someone else was adding additional features/bug fixes 
>to
>that project then I'd like a standard way/place of/to learning about those
>modifications (not every project has a mailing list). I know there was some
>mention that the directory would eventually help house/mirror projects. Can 
>we
>start by having it be place to store this sort of data? I see this as 
>slightly
>more than just notes/comments.

Yes, this is one stated purpose of the CLD. Notes are a first attempt at 
that, but ideas for better and/or more features are welcome.

One thing I want to do for this is to add examples and code snipsets to 
libraries for instance.
Other ideas ?

Marc