[asdf-devel] deprecating run-shell-command

[Daniel Herring]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2013, Faré wrote:

> I will add a concatenate-all-source-op
> that recursively descends into all system dependencies,
> concatenates all sources, and creates the output file asdf.lisp,
> also including defsystem fallback stubs to make upgrade easier,
> just like the current asdf defsystem fallback stub.
>
> This way, ASDF can enjoy the advantages of both
> a "large set of small libraries" and a "single-file bootstrap solution".
> Also, adding new extensions to ASDF will be easier.

That sounds like it could be a very useful feature in general.  For 
example, it would allow any program to be distributed with its all 
dependencies in a single source file.

Thanks,
Daniel