[asdf-install-devel] Patches, Darcs, 'n' stuff

[Dan Muller]

I installed Darcs and played around with it a bit. I like. I used
darcs to send some patches directly to Gary's email address -- hope
that was OK.

Related to some comments I made in an earlier email, I am doing some
work to make the configuration of defsystems more modular. It's not a
small change. :) The only intentional behavioral changes is that, when
a system is defined by more than one system file, the system is loaded
only once. I'm providing a way for the user to customize the priority
of defsystems, so they can control which defsystem will be used in
such cases.

I'm also adding a way for the user to customize how system files are
installed. I have a separate project that registers system files
persistently without using symlinks, and this customization allows me
to plug that registry into both ASDF and ASDF-INSTALL.

I just figured out how to run the test suite included with
ASDF-INSTALL, and now I'm trying to figure out what the two failures
are that I'm getting.

BTW, apropos of unit tests, there's something wrong with the LIFT
documentation on its Web site; the reference information doesn't
render correctly for me in either Firefox or IE.

-- 
Dan Muller