-CLSQL is a Common Lisp to SQL engine interface written by Kevin M.
+CLSQL is a Common Lisp to SQL engine interface by Kevin M.
Rosenberg. It includes both functional and object oriented subsystems
for data definition and manipulation as well as an integrated symbolic
-SQL syntax.
+SQL syntax.
-CLSQL supports a number of RDBMS and uses the UFFI (http://uffi.b9.com)
+CLSQL supports a number of RDBMS and uses the UFFI (http://uffi.b9.com)
library for compatibility with Allegro CL, Lispworks, CMUCL, SBCL and
OpenMCL.
-CLSQL is based on Pierre R. Mai's excellent MaiSQL package and
-UncommonSQL developed at onShore Development Inc.
+CLSQL has incorporated code from the following projects. At this point
+in 2004, development of has stopped on these incorporated projects.
+ - Pierre Mai's MaiSQL
+ - onShore Development's UncommonSQL
+ - Paul Meurer's SQL/ODBC
+ - Cadabra's Oracle interface
CLSQL's home is http://clsql.b9.com.
files in doc/html.tar.gz.
+CONTRIBUTING
+------------
+
+If you would like to report a bug please do so through the clsql
+mailing list. http://lists.b9.com/mailman/listinfo/CLSQL
+
+Patches are welcome. It will be much easier for us to incorporate if
+you use [git](http://git-scm.com/). Please keep distinct changes in
+seperate patches as it makes it much easier to review. If you have
+something small to to send to the mailing list `git format-patch` is
+your friend.
+
+If you have a bigger set of patches then I recommend creating a fork
+on github from https://github.com/UnwashedMeme/clsql. Once your
+patches are available there either issue a pull request or let us know
+about it on the mailing list.
+
+* http://help.github.com/ has some excellent tutorials on getting
+ started.
+* http://git-scm.com/book is an excellent in depth tutorial on how to
+ use git effectively.
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