Re: Racket packages / build system

[Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>]

Bonface M. K. writes:

> Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>> Can I volunteer on this task? There's some work in
>>> my team done in Racket; and it would be of great
>>> interest to us to have a working Racket build
>>> system. I can set apart some time to work on
>>> this. I'd ask for alot of guidance/ review on this
>>> though :)
>>
>> YES!  Please do.  Let's talk.  You can ping me on IRC also, dustyweb on
>> freenode.
>>
>
> Thanks! I'm called bonz060 on FreeNode; though nowadays I've
> grown to be an e-mail person.
>
> [...]
>
>>> Please do share the notes! I can try to hack
>>> something up \m/\m/.
>>
>> I looked at the email that Dimos sent to me (also the email I had was
>> apparently not the most recent email that they are using, corrected in
>> the addressing this time), and they had asked me if they should post it
>> to the mailing list, so I think that's consent to post it since they
>> expressed consideration in doing so in our exchange... so I'm attaching
>> it.
>>
>
> [...]
>
> Thanks for the notes. I've skimmed through them
> and they seem sensible. I'll look at how other
> build systems are written as a first step, then
> get my hands wet.
>
> Do I open an issue for this---I can't see anything
> that tracks this even in archived issues--- then
> send patches there? Or do I send patches off the
> list and then submit the final drafts(if we get
> there) on the list later?

That sounds like a great plan!