somewhat off-topic to the original question: Can :static-file be used for files part of unit tests? Such as unit tests for log-parsers.
Thanks, Mirko On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 7:24 PM Stelian Ionescu <sione...@cddr.org> wrote: > > 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 > >
