[cffi-devel] Re: asdf-install

[Luke Crook]

Luís Oliveira <luismbo <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Xristos Kalkanis <ccalca <at> essex.ac.uk> 
wrote:
> > Is there a reason that asdf-install is
> > "not as recommendable"?
> [...]
> > The latest cffi release does not install cleanly
> > with asdf-install
> 
> I guess that's why I wouldn't recommend it. It pulls way too many
> dependencies, tries to compile every system in advance, most
> developers don't use it themselves, etc. I agree that a
> repository/system stable release is useful but I don't think
> asdf-install is an adequate solution.
> 
> In any case, by the time asdf-install fails, it has already downloaded
> all of the dependencies required by CFFI, so it's somewhat usable.

My 2c is that if CFFI is no longer ASDF-INSTALLable then the previous version 
of CFFI should really be linked from the CLiki. This is the version that ASDF-
INSTALL will use. Otherwise the installation of any package that depends on 
ASDF-INSTALL and CFFI is automatically broken.

- Luke