[Axiom-developer] Re: AXIOM platform naming conventions

[David MENTRE]

Hello Tim,

root <address@hidden> writes:

> Schelter had a scheme for naming systems also. 
> It was part of the add-defs function.
> Since the name is arbitrary perhaps the string used to 
> designate the name should also be arbitrary. It is only 
> a way to select a chunk out of the Makefile anyway.

I think the name is not so arbitrary: it should help us to determined
quickly the platform on which the bug is occurring:

 - hardware

 - OS

 - common lisp used
 
 - version number when relevant

 - anything I have forget

So it would be "i686-linux-gcl" or "i686-linux-gcl/2.5.4" for
example. 


> I need to add the name to the yearweek variable so it
> becomes part of the version information. Axiom used to
> have a )bug command that would format email and sent it
> to me. I'll have to write (or exhume) that code again.

About the )bug command, please provide the option to format the bug
report and print it somewhere, instead of sending it
directly. Sometimes, the mail system is not configured (laptop) or has a
different API (windows platform).

Yours,
d.
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