[Gardeners] Project Proposal: Standardized Utility Library

[Luís Oliveira]

Peter Seibel <peter at gigamonkeys.com> writes:
> On Jun 7, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Luís Oliveira wrote:
>> While I think this a very useful project, I don't see much point in
>> creating yet another arnesi/kmrcl/clocc. Nikodemus's suggestion of
>> splitting this project into multiple separate packages/systems seems
>> saner.
>
> My understanding of what Ian was proposing was something more like  
> what you talk about below: a Standard Library that gathers together  
> the many bits of code that are available out there and packages them  
> up in a uniform way, possibly available as a single download. The  
> whole point--again as I understand it--is exactly *not* to have a  
> bunch of separate packages but rather a big ball of mud that includes  
> a bunch of stuff so that everyone else can just say, "Get version  
> 1.2.3 of the CL Standard Library and a compliant Lisp implementation  
> and you can run this code."

Ok, we have the same goal. But I'm not talking about big balls of
mud. I'm talking about defining some standards/requirements/guidelines,
picking a set of *existing* libraries, make them meet these requirements
and calling that the "Standard Library".

Of course, having them follow a few standards (such as using ASDF or
using the same documentation system) would allow us to define a meta
package that would download all of the "Standard Library", generate a
"Standard Library Manual", etc...

I think this way the best libraries can emerge and become part of this
"Standard Library Set" (perhaps this is a more descriptive name).

-- 
Luís Oliveira
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http://student.dei.uc.pt/~lmoliv/