> Hey, > > I'm working with a project that bundles up CL systems, and then copies > them to a remote host. To avoid copying unnecessary files, we rely on > the components and additional-input-files to find all the files needed > to load the system on the remote host. > > I found some ASD files to load on the remote host. These systems are > expecting to read a long-description, usually a readme file. All of > these projects are using reader macros to load this data, and none of > them declare the file as a :static-file component. > > It's also often the case that the license of a project requires a copy > of the license be shipped with the project. Yet rarely do I see any > project declaring a :static-file for one in their asd file. > > Am I correct in my understanding that using :static-files is this the > current recommended way to declare these files?
ASDF is a build system, not a software packaging system. The :STATIC-FILE component was meant to handle data files that might be required at runtime, not any metadata in general. -- Stelian Ionescu
