> Hey, > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > "Stelian Ionescu" <sione...@cddr.org> writes: > >>> I'm working with a project that bundles up CL systems, and then copies
What do you mean by "bundles" ? Copying the source code as-is ? >>> 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. > > OK, I can understand this when it comes to my suggestion about tracking > the location of the license file. Though I find it disappointing, since > some licenses declare statements like "Redistributions in binary form > must reproduce the above copyright". Not having a way to identify the > license file makes it difficult to ad hear to the license's of all > project dependencies. The regex "^LICEN[CS]E|COPYING(\.md)?$" should identify most license files, by convention. > > But regarding the readme file being loaded at read time in the ASD file. > This dependency is not track but it's required to build the package. This is difficult to track because of how the reader works. > This could be caught if the builds were hermetical, and this would also > help with issues related other static files that are missing from the > ASD file. At the moment it's just luck if anyone actually adds the > :STATIC-FILE components needed by their system. Is there some way to > help system authors avoid accidentally missing files? Not that I know of. > Since it looks > like a pretty common pattern to load the long-description from a readme. > > I'm perfectly happy to contribute to a solution, I would like to help if > I can. > > Cheers, > Russell -- Stelian Ionescu
