[asdf-devel] Alternate default lisp system location

[Faré]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> wrote:
> Faré <fahree at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> I'd like to see the behavior clearly documented in the manual and
> explained in a release announcement or blog post or tutorial or all of
> the above.
>
> I don't want the software to print extra things out during some
> transition period.
>
Oh wait, you're right, I hadn't realized that Dave had proposed ASDF
printing a message at runtime.

Indeed, it's a bug for ASDF to announce anything at runtime, unless
verbosity is explicitly required and/or a warning or error happens.
The test suite actually includes a test-clean-load target that fails
if loading ASDF emits any information. A TODO item would be to also
test that using ASDF produces no output.

I thought the "loud" announcement under discussion was to happen in
the manual and release notes and while releasing the software — the
usual procedure, just "louder" than usual due to major changes (yet
still maintaining backward compatibility).

My apologies for the misunderstanding.

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