[asdf-devel] New release candidate pushed

[Robert Goldman]

Robert P. Goldman wrote:
> Faré wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Robert P. Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.info> wrote:
>>> This one puts the values in SYSTEM-DEPENDS-ON,
>>> SYSTEM-DEFSYSTEM-DEPENDS-ON, and SYSTEM-WEAKLY-DEPENDS-ON in canonical
>>> form before returning them.
>>>
>>> It also bundles fixes from Faré.
>>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> I pushed minor tweaks to the documentation.
>>
>> I notice that your commit 86e2a6f8 has the commit message
>> "Improved documentation of feature dependencies by Fare, editing by RPG."
>> when in fact the commit documented the (:feature <expression> <dep>)
>> dependency-def and __removed__ the (feature <expression>) requirement.
>>
>> I mostly wrote that commit, but did not want to commit myself since it
>> removed a feature, and only the maintainer (you, Robert) could take
>> that manageurial decision. I believe it is the correct thing to do, at
>> least eventually, but it definitely is worth using cl-test-grid
>> between this and release. I just want to make sure you committed that
>> knowingly.
>>
>
> I think it's the right thing to do.  Let's see what happens in cl-test-grid.  Meantime, to the parsing code for my caching slots, I will add a check for obsolete FEATURE syntax with an error message indicating the appropriate repair (and a test case).
>
>

This patch is pushed now (not a new version yet).

I'd like to see the few remaining known bugs fixed, and am editing the ASDF manual as much as I can in my spare time before the next release.

cheers,
r