Re: [PATCH 6/6] gnu: Add emacs-slime.

[Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> wrote:
> Federico Beffa (2015-12-30 20:33 +0300) wrote:
>
> [...]
>> +(define-public emacs-slime
>> +  (package
>> +    (name "emacs-slime")
>> +    (version "2.15")
>> +    (source
>> +     (origin
>> +       (method url-fetch)
>> +       (uri (string-append
>> +             "https://github.com/slime/slime/archive/v"
>> +             version ".tar.gz"))
>> +       (sha256
>> +        (base32
>> +         "0l2z6l2xm78mhh0nczkrmzh2ddb1n911ij9xb6q40zwvx4f8blds"))))
>> +    (build-system emacs-build-system)
>> +    (inputs
>> +     `(("texlive" ,texlive)
>> +       ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
>
> As these inputs are used just for generating documentation, I think they
> should be in 'native-inputs'.

yes. will change that.

>
>> +    (arguments
>> +     `(#:phases
>> +       (modify-phases %standard-phases
>> +         (add-before 'install 'configure
>> +           (lambda* _
>> +             (substitute* "slime.el"
>> +               (("inferior-lisp-program \"lisp\"")
>> +                "inferior-lisp-program \"sbcl\""))
>> +             #t))
>
> Why do you name this phase 'configure'?  Actually I think this phase is
> not needed, because 'inferior-lisp-program' should be set by a user to
> whatever implementation (s)he prefers.

It's called configure because I'm configuring a default CL implementation.

The default value in slime is 'lisp'. I only used CLISP and SBCL and
none of them provides a binary called 'lisp'. For this reason I tough
it to be a good idea to provide a default name corresponding to an
existing binary.

Of course the user has to adapt to its own needs.

Thanks.
Fede