Re: Bug#33262: xlib6g now depends on xfree86-common (?)
- To: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>, 33262@bugs.debian.org, Pierre Mai <pmai@acm.org>
- Cc: Pierre Mai <pmai@acm.org>, submit@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#33262: xlib6g now depends on xfree86-common (?)
- From: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:23:53 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19990216092352.C149@mail.inthan.be>
- Mail-followup-to: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>, 33262@bugs.debian.org, Pierre Mai <pmai@acm.org>, Pierre Mai <pmai@acm.org>, submit@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 19990211204906.C16305@ecn.purdue.edu>; from Branden Robinson on Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 08:49:06PM -0500
- References: <[🔎] 19990209133555.C9278@ecn.purdue.edu> <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.990210110630.2698A-100000@cantor.unex.es> <[🔎] 19990210120921.A12696@ecn.purdue.edu> <[🔎] 19990210234631.A14022@ecn.purdue.edu> <[🔎] 87ogn0ee4s.fsf@orion.dent.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> <[🔎] 19990211204906.C16305@ecn.purdue.edu>
Sorry to reply so late, I was on assignment in Poland :-(.
Thanks a lot for forwarding this to me, and to Pierre Mai to bring it
up.
On Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 08:49:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Package: cmucl-clx
> Version: 2.4.9
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 12:04:19AM +0100, Pierre Mai wrote:
> > This has in fact already happened some time ago, as can be witnessed
> > by CLX, which is an implementation of the X protocol for and in Common
> > Lisp, and has been the de-facto standard for Common Lisp X programs
> > for quite some time (see X11 contrib tapes). And indeed it has
> > already been packaged for Debian, as part of Peter Van Eynde's CMU CL
> > packages (cmucl-clx).
>
> Huh, I'll be damned. I knew a Common LISP equivalent of Xlib existed, but
> I thought it was long dead and not packaged for Debian. I shouldn't
> underestimate my own distribution like that. :)
>
> Can I ask that cmucl-clx *please* depend on xfree86-common for frozen and
> unstable?
I don't fully understand the reasons, but I'll try to do it. Please note
however that rebuilding the distribution takes quite a while and I'm not
that certain I'll meet the release-deadline...
Groetjes, Peter
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