[slime-devel] Re: make swank safe if loaded into an image with an older version of swank in the image

[Helmut Eller]

* Marco Baringer [2008-02-04 17:04+0100] writes:

> well, the entire point of the patch is remove defvars from the swank
> package. if you have an older slime in an image and attempt to load a
> newer slime and the defvars don't get reset you'll a totally broken
> slime and very confusing error messages.

Would it be a good idea to offer some restarts?
Like:
 delete old packages
 use the old version (skip loading the new version)
 abort

Helmut.