On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Faré <fah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Alternatively, I would contemplate the possibility of including a > > configuration step in ECL that downloads the latest ASDF. That would be > > easy, just looking for the existence of internet connection + wget/curl, > but > > we would need a stable and permanent address for ASDF files to be > > downloaded. I mean individual files, not really a tarball. > > > I wrote a script to do just that in sbcl's contrib/asdf. They didn't > get my latest version, but here's the Makefile target, that you can > tailor to your needs: > > up: > if [ -d asdf-upstream ] ; then \ > cd asdf-upstream ; git checkout release ; git reset --hard > release ; git pull -a ; else \ > git clone --branch release \ > git://common-lisp.net/projects/asdf/asdf.git asdf-upstream ; fi
Do you realize that "git" is not a suitable distribution method for many users? It would be more interesting to have a permanent web address for the latest stable release, from which to download it -- a process that can then be performed in many other ways. Juanjo -- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC c/ Serrano, 113b, Madrid 28006 (Spain) http://juanjose.garciaripoll.googlepages.com
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