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19:26:08
attila_lendvai
fe[nl]ix, anyone who has the git commit bit can designate what should go into ql. moving a tag is much less work than releasing, and maybe you don't want to release, yet you want ql to get some patches.
19:27:09
attila_lendvai
another benefit is that ql can capture the sources even if cl.net is down (assuming that github.com will better survive any upcoming internet split)
19:28:18
Odin-
attila_lendvai: I'd guess that depends on whether you end up on the Apple or Facebook side.
19:30:13
attila_lendvai
Odin-, i'm more worried about politicians screwing us up with their geopolitical nonsense...
19:31:10
attila_lendvai
bonus reason: git is a much better versioning tool than named tarballs on random servers...
19:32:10
Odin-
attila_lendvai: Those are all 'soft' splits, and most of the ones that are likely to happen based on the geopolitics are already in place.
20:13:39
copec
Is there a standard name for an initialization function that people like to group everything under for some package?
20:26:58
copec
I read in S-exp from a config file into clos objects, and have a function that does it
20:28:26
copec
I could just (function-name) under a commented init section, but I was wondering if there was a defacto standard, like to make an (init) function or something
20:36:02
Bike
it might mean a closure with state that returns a new value from an iteration every time you call it
20:44:12
Bike
i don't know? the documentation of whatever system you're getting this thing from, probably?
22:43:04
fiddlerwoaroof
flip214: maybe I should contact him directly, I'd like to pull things like author/title/etc.
22:43:39
fiddlerwoaroof
The last time I tried, I also ran into issues with PDF spec versions, I think