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@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +============ +=== TODO === +============ + +* Revisit the underlying definition of the types DFlo in foam + interface, and Float in OpenAxiom. + +* Audit all codes that manipulate sockets. + +* Automate the process of "optimized" OpenAxiom: this requires a two-pass + build; once to gather type information, a second time to use the + information. + +* Find a better of structuring for PLF, CCF, LDF, LISP. + +* Have OpenAxiom configure pass options specified on the + invokation line down to GCL. + +* Properly document the new build in a very intelligible way + +* Document src/scripts/document.in + +* cleanup the Makefile pamphlets + +* Improve Boot documentation + +* Have OpenAxiom use bootsys compile all Boot codes in src/interp. This + requires auditing the code for uses of special functions which + act differently in boot and shoe (like MEMBER). + +* Reduce the number of bar Lisp codes to the minimum residual. + +* Fix codes in src/interp, src/hyper, and src/hyper/pages/util.ht that + hardcode pathnames. + In general, the OpenAxiom system should be able to work properly with + relative paths to that it can be "moved" around seamlessly. + +* Audit cleanup rules + +* Audit file copying. + +* Document the installation structure. + +============ +=== DONE === +============ + +* Support out-of-source build. + +* Support parallel build. + Notice that GCL does not support parallel build. So we can punt + on build of GCL. We should work with Camm to fix GCL build upstream. + +* Convince GCL to find its internal header files. + -- it turns out to be a bug in OpenAxiom. + +* Fix Makefile generation dependencies. + -- This turns out to be a bug in Autoconf 2.59 whereby the value of + -- @top_builddir@ is empty. Work around the bug by using + -- $(abs_top_builddir). + +* Have an automated, smooth bootstrapping process for boot. + +* Implement framework for recursive rules in Makefiles. + +* Fix fall-outs of missed DVI files. + This is believed to be fixed with the recursive rule support. + +* Reorganize the makefile pamphlets so that OpenAxiom can build without + LaTeX or X11. + +* Support standard "clean", "mostlyclean", and "distclean" Makefile + targets + +* Add support for --with-lisp=lisp-image for building OpenAxiom with + a specific lisp-image. + +* --enable-gcl uses the GCL from OpenAxiom repository to build OpenAxiom. + +* src/boot can be built with Lisp images other than GCL: + --with-lisp=sbcl + --with-lisp=clisp + +* Build on Windows platforms, more specifically MSYS/MinGW, is + supported. + +* Components known to build with various Lisp implementations: + + bootsys: GCL, SBCL, CLISP + + depsys: GCL, CLISP + + interpsys: GCL + + AXIOMsys: GCL + +* Use Libtool to build the C part of the OpenAxiom system. In particular, + this facilitates support for Lisps that rely on dynamic loading + (e.g. SBCL, ECL). + +================================================ +=== New Boot vs. Old Boot compatibility notes == +================================================ + +The Old Boot translator renames some LISP identifiers +(i.e. identifiers, used in Boot codes, that consist of only +capital letters), a renaming not done by the New Boot translator. +Consequently, when converting a Boot program to the New Boot +translator, special care must be given to those identifiers +so as to preserve meanings. + +* As of today, the following identifiers are no longer used in + Boot programs found in src/interp: + + REMOVE GET RASSOC DELETE INTERSECTION UNION + |