Quicklisp install fails

[rpx99]

Unfortunately the project doesn't load from quicklisp.

cd ~/quicklisp/local-projects
git clone https://github.com/ak-coram/cl-frugal-uuid.git

Sbcl:
(ql:quickload "frugal-uuid") works.

Remark:
(ql:quickload :frugal-uuid) fails.

Think it should be consistently named as cl-frugal-uuid

Why only frugal-uuid for quicklisp?

Thanks.

[ak-coram]

@rpx99 Thanks for reporting this issue. Both of your examples ("frugal-uuid" and :frugal-uuid) seem to work for me on multiple implementations (even when cloning the repository as cl-frugal-uuid). The CI workflow also relies on the keyword version: https://github.com/ak-coram/cl-frugal-uuid/blob/main/.github/workflows/CI.yml#L47

What OS are you using?

I usually prefix my Common Lisp repository names with cl-, but since Quicklisp & ASDF are about Common Lisp I don't see the point in including the cl- prefix in the system and package names. The directory name itself shouldn't matter anyway since ASDF scans these directories for .asd files recursively (and for example can even find systems named :frugal-uuid/non-frugal/strong-random, which cannot be mapped to a directory name directly).

The directory name can also be simply specified as an additional argument to git clone if you prefer: git clone https://github.com/ak-coram/cl-frugal-uuid.git frugal-uuid

I'm a bit reluctant renaming the systems & packages at this point for compatibility reasons.

[rpx99]

Thanks for your reply!

What I actually mean is that your project does not seem to be in quicklisp so that users can get it from the internet as a download. I did a (ql:update-dist "quicklisp") to get the latest packages (2023-21-10). But frugal-uuid does not seem to be available.

Cannot find an issue here (where you registered frugal-uuid):
https://github.com/quicklisp/quicklisp-projects/issues?q=is%3Aissue+frugal

Maybe you did send it in by e-mail?
http://blog.quicklisp.org/2015/01/getting-library-into-quicklisp.html

The missing download via quicklisp then brought me to the installation as a quicklisp local-project.

My observation installing using keyword :frugal-uuid turned out to be an issue with my Emacs. Sorry about that! (So no issue).

After all my hassle I was asking myself if the name was even correct I was using. So, is actually frugal-uuid or maybe instead cl-frugal-uuid correct? I was confused:

cl-frugal-uuid can be installed via Quicklisp
but the actual quickload command says :frugal-uuid

In the back of my mind it causes a mismatch error :-)

Cheers.

[ak-coram]

I see, that clears it up :)

I didn't request the library to be added to the default Quicklisp dist, but it is available via the Ultralisp dist (which should automatically track the latest version on GitHub): https://ultralisp.org/

Here are the instructions for installing using Ultralisp:
https://github.com/ak-coram/cl-frugal-uuid?tab=readme-ov-file#installation