[asdf-devel] 2.014.7

[Robert Goldman]

On 4/14/11 Apr 14 -12:11 AM, Faré wrote:
> Fixed several issues in 2.014.7. Should make Xach's quicklisp happier,
> especially on ECL.
> 
> Incompatibility: I deleted system-definition-pathname.
> As an exported function, it is redundant with system-source-file.
> As an internal function, it is replaced by search-for-system-definition,
> which can return a system object as well as a pathname.
> 
> A cursory googling shows that system-definition-pathname is used by
> bese qbook's publish-op. Should I reinstate system-definition-pathname
> as an alias for system-source-file, or should I expect qbook to be
> updated if anyone ever uses it again?

I'm inclined to think that reinstating it, and making it raise a style
warning for deprecation would be best.  Just on the grounds that the API
should stay stable until someone masochistic enough to build ASDF 3
comes along!  That way we will get fewer bug reports/questions.

cheers,
r