bootstrapping asdf

[Robert Goldman]

On 5 Aug 2018, at 17:31, Faré wrote:

> In case anyone takes over maintenance of ASDF in the future, I wrote
> this mind dump on some of its more stuble "magic" behavior:
> https://fare.livejournal.com/190738.html
>
> Thanks to Eric Timmons for the prompting...
>
> PS: there are relatedly a few bug fixes in 3.3.2.5 — thanks and
> congratulations again to Robert Goldman for his careful reviewing and
> testing.
>
> —♯ƒ • François-René ÐVB Rideau •Reflection&Cybernethics• 
> http://fare.tunes.org
> It is deplorable that many people think that the best way to improve 
> the world
> is to forbid something. However, they're morally more advanced than 
> the people
> who think the best way to improve the world is to kill somebody.
>         — John McCarthy

I think we should probably clear out all the MRs *except* the syntax 
rationalization, then release bug fix 3.3.3, and then move to get the 
syntax branch integrated as a release candidate for 3.4.

I think the syntax isolation is a big enough change in behavior that it 
merits being 3.4

Cheers,
R
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