[asdf-devel] ASDF 2.0 and beyond.

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

On 2010-04-18, at 17:48, Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Faré <fahree at gmail.com> wrote:
> PS: after 2.0 is out, I'd like to resign from ASDF maintainership, to
> focus on XCVB (help welcome on that, too). Is anyone volunteering to
> replace me on ASDF?
>
> After thinking about it, I am willing to step up as a possible  
> replacement. The reasons why I would go that far are
> * My own personal interest in ASDF working properly with ECL and  
> other implementation philosophies.
> * My belief that ASDF can and should be improved along the  
> directions I have repeatedly mentioned: declarative system files,  
> simpler user interface for common tasks (testing, building, packing,  
> installing...).
> * My will to make it simpler to systematically download, build and  
> test existing software with different implementations [1]
>
> Reasons why I am still doubting:
> * I have the feeling my points of view do not find a strong  
> resonance here.

As an ASDF user, you get all my moral support about improving ASDF  
along the directions you mentionned.

 > [...]
> * ECL is and will continue to be my first priority in terms of time  
> and resources.
> * Very intermittent availability: CL is my hobby, not my job.

We all have these constraints... :-(


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__Pascal Bourguignon__

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