Hello,

I wanted to mention that I've done the stuff that would debianize slime. It's done-up for Slime 1.0, even.

The debian package is available here: http://commonwerx.org/software/contrib/slime/deb/ ...specficially, as http://commonwerx.org/software/contrib/slime/deb/slime_1.0-1_all.deb

Now, some notes, about the package:

- I'll be working on making a formal apt-style repository for it, sometime, i figure (once i can get some repository-making stuff worked-up with Common Lisp, and maybe not with PERL, I think)

- The package was built on debian/sid - I'm not sure how well it'll work on other Debian releases - like, on sarge or on woody -, though I figure that it should be fine, regardless. If it's not, I can work on packaging it for other Debianish releases.

- the package, it does include the postinst/prerm stuff with common-lisp-controller, for swank.asd, and it does include some stuff for installing the slime emacs code, with the debian policies about emacsen - so, hopefully it'll fit all snugly, with everything that it needs to.

If there are any problems about the package or the packaging, please just mention it, and I'll get to resolving it, momentarily.

Now, some notes taht are not, so much, about the package, but which are probably worth mentioning, here, at about the same time:

- The current URL, for it, is "kind of temporary" (until i get around to configuring a vhost to use specifically for "software stuff") - but, the URLs mentioned here, they do work, and they should continue to work, even after any-such-updates

- I'm not 100% sure about using the "all" architecture for the package - I I figure that it should work, but if it causes a problem, I'd be glad to hear of it

- the *.diff.gz there - available under the first URL given, above - the diff should contain just the contents of the ./debian/ directory; I've no problem, about the prospect of those ./debian/* files being added to the slime upstream cvs code. (I've no worries about it, regardless - whether or not it would be seen as if those ./debian/* files - from the diff.gz - as if they would worth adding to the main slime codebase)

- I'd be willing to be an official debian package maintainer for slime. I'm not sure how that would work, though - I've heard something about being "sponsored" for it, at least. I notice that this does go off-topic from the list, though - but for to mention, if anyone might be in a spot for it, that I'm willing to take it up.

I think that's all of it.

Slime is really really keen; I'm glad to be able to use it, seriously. So, thank you.

-- Sean Champ schamp@commonwerx.org