[m-users.] A list of Mercury resources

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Thu Nov 24 01:16:51 AEDT 2022


Hi.

Should I interpret the lack of answers from the Mercury team as they don't
like my proposition?

Cheers,
Volker

Am Samstag, dem 19.11.2022 um 13:05 +0100 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Hi!
> 
> Am Samstag, dem 19.11.2022 um 00:07 -0800 schrieb M McDonough:
> > > On 18 Nov 2022, at 13:58, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> > > 
> > > This doesn't look bad. It resembles a litte Haskell's Cabal system. I'm
> > > wondering if this project is still alive. You say it's still online. I
> > > mean,
> > > are mmc-get and the website still being maintained? How is the
> > > acceptance by
> > > package authors? I've counted 45 packages, which don't include the 35
> > > "extras" packages in the Mercury distribution.
> > > 
> > > If so, it should be prominently mentioned on the mercurylang.org site.
> > > 
> > > A Mercury resources list could still make sense, because it also would
> > > include resources other than software packages. Such as Fabrice Nicol's
> > > docker packages of the Mercury compiler. And it could mention
> > > collections of
> > > resources, such as the Documentation page at mercurylang.org or the
> > > "Packages" website (which seems to have no good name) itself.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Volker
> > 
> > Honestly I forgot all about this (even though it has some of my very
> > old stuff in it). I definitely think we could do better about
> > gathering Mercury resources, most of my newer (and less crappy) stuff
> > isn't on that list and isn't even on github (I mostly moved to OSDN
> > over the last three years). I had expected that would hurt
> > discoverability, but honestly I'm unsure anyone has really used any of
> > my Mercury code from either site so I'm unconvinced that has mattered.
> 
> You aren't the creator of mmc-get and that website, are you? (The Github
> name is "jrfondren".) Yes, we could and should do better about gathering
> Mercury resources. About community-oriented things. 
> 
> Maybe a simple web page with a list of resources would be the best for now.
> As long as it is linked prominently on the mercurylang.org site.
> 
> That "Packages" website seems to be abandoned. And there's no way to list
> the registered packages in the browser. It looks like the site hasn't
> exceeded the initial state.
> 
> Cheers,
> Volker
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