Re: [gentoo-science] common lisps overlay -> tree; maxima, fricas

[fbissey@slingshot.co.nz]

Quoting grozin@gentoo.org:

> Hello *,
>
> Today I've committed to the tree the following packages (all pmasked):
>
> dev-lisp/asdf-2.33-r4
> dev-lisp/uiop-2.33-r1
> dev-lisp/sbcl-1.1.6-r4
> dev-lisp/clisp-2.49-r7.ebuild
> dev-lisp/clozurecl-1.9_p1
> dev-lisp/ecls-12.12.1-r4
> dev-lisp/cmucl-20d-r3
> sci-mathematics/maxima-5.30.0
> sci-mathematics/fricas-1.2.0
>
> The lisp stuff is from the lisp overlay. I haven't used the overlay
> specific eclasses, just the standard helpers (doins etc.).
>
> clozurecl-1.9-r3 from the overlay is a live ebuild; are some of the recent
> updates essential? I replaced it by the today's snapshot (I've put it to
> dev.gentoo.org).
>
> In clisp, I've corrected the dependency on pari (alas, it has to be
> <pari-2.5), and added an upstream patch which may be needed for new gcc
> versions.
>
> All abuilds are EAPI=5. Now, when a lisp used for maxima or fricas is
> upgraded, these CASs will be upgraded automatically - this is exactly the
> main point of EAPI5. It would be great to unmask all these packages soon,
> not to wait for years. Any specific reasons not to do so for any of these
> packages? Should something be improved before unmasking? Please, test! And
> inform me. Testsuites of maxima and fricas are OK, so, the lisps cannot be
> broken. But I am not so sure about the asdf stuff.

Sorry to have taken so long to look at it. In maxima. The ecls library for
maxima has changed name with the new asdf. So
newins maxima.fasb maxima.fas
should become:
newins maxima.system.fasb maxima.fas

Francois