[asdf-devel] Alternate default lisp system location

[Faré]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> wrote:
> Dave Cooper <david.cooper at genworks.com> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't think I want to read loud announcements from ASDF. If it isn't
>>> acting like I want, I'd rather read about how to make it do what I want
>>> in a tutorial or manual.
>>
>> Loud announcement only in the initial ASDF release when the new default
>> directory is first introduced. In subsequent ASDF releases the announcement
>> would go away.
>
> I don't think it's a suitable way to communicate with me, even if it
> only happens for a certain period of time.
>
I'm not sure what way of communicating you recommend, for changes in
default behavior of ASDF or recommended practice in using it.

Major changes like that happen less than once a year (ASDF 2 in 2010,
ASDF 3 in 2013, ASDF 3.1 soon in 2014), and while
backward-compatibility has always been a huge priority, improvements
sometimes do mean the recommended way of using ASDF changes, for the
better.

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