[asdf-devel] Alternate default lisp system location

[Robert P. Goldman]

Pascal Costanza wrote:
> 
>>>> ~/common-lisp/ is slightly more pretentious, but probably works, too.
>> That would be my preference.
>>
>>>> ~/cl/ is taking a lot of familiarity, and maybe I should keep it my
>>>> personal configuration rather than a recommended default.
>>> These last two have been rejected by Pascal and others for what I feel
>>> are good reasons.
>> I thought Pascal has just rejected ~/lisp/ because of his current setup.
>> I haven't seen anyone comment on either ~/common-lisp/ or ~/cl/
>>
>> I believe that ~/common-lisp/ is the Right Thing™ at this point.
> 
> Are you saying that I just got lucky because I happen to be subscribed to this mailing list, but it's ok if other people have to suffer?

No, I am saying that you correctly pointed out that we should avoid a
pathname that people are likely already to be using.
> 
> For the records, I don't like any of the suggested "default" paths.
> 
> Just make this a configuration option. For example, an environment variable, or so, then everybody can choose their own preferred name.
> 
> export ASDF_DEFAULT_PATH=~/common-lisp
> 
> ...and please make this empty by default, so it doesn't mess up anything unless I ask it to do so...

I'm sorry, but that is not on the table.

We are looking for a solution that will work without any active
configuration by the user, beyond "put your system definition here, and
you don't have to do anything."

Best,
r