[asdf-devel] What are current plans for RMCL?

[Pascal Costanza]

On 11 Apr 2012, at 17:48, Robert Goldman wrote:

> On 4/11/12 Apr 11 -8:02 AM, Pascal Costanza wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'd like to get an idea what the current plans for RMCL are, if any. Since the
>> switch to OS X 10.7, there is no default support for old PowerPC applications
>> on OS X anymore, so RMCL doesn't work anymore, at least not without a major
>> effort. Are there any plans to find a remedy for this situation? Or will RMCL
>> effectively become deprecated?
> 
> I'm sorry --- will you please clarify?  How would ASDF help the process
> of finding support for RMCL on OS X Lion?
> 
> If RMCL is going to die of old age, I would certainly not mind killing
> support for it, but I don't see how the ASDF maintainers can determine
> whether RMCL will die out.  That seems down to some combination of
> Apple, RMCL maintainers, if any, and RMCL users.  Seems like it's more
> for you to tell us whether this support can be dropped or not.
> 
> Thanks for any information.


That paragraph was not about ASDF.

I have just installed Clozure 1.8, and the ASDF version that comes bundled with it (2.20) breaks my setup for ASDF systems using logical pathnames. That happens all the time (with recent new versions of LispWorks or SBCL, for example), and it is very annoying to keep track of which version of ASDF works and which doesn't.

I am now considering changing my setup away from logical pathnames, in the hope that I don't have to worry that much about ASDF anymore. However, this means that I can't use a portable setup anymore, so I am trying to figure out to what extent this is still important. That's what the paragraph above is about. (Sorry for cross-posting, but I think it's important to see this in context.)


Pascal

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