[asdf-devel] if-component-dep-fails

2012-12-14 Thread Faré
Dear Nathan, at least as far as quicklisp-included software goes, your ironclad and nibbles seem to be the only user of ASDF's :if-component-dep-fails and :feature features. These features are a crock and I'd like to plainly remove them. In the future, I might provide a better-thought-out

Re: [asdf-devel] if-component-dep-fails

2012-12-14 Thread Nathan Froyd
I can probably do that, yes. Why do you say they're a crock? They're very useful for defining what's supposed to happen at a higher level than scattering #+/- about source files everywhere. -Nathan On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Faré fah...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Nathan, at least as far

Re: [asdf-devel] if-component-dep-fails

2012-12-14 Thread Faré
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Nathan Froyd froy...@gmail.com wrote: I can probably do that, yes. Why do you say they're a crock? They're very useful for defining what's supposed to happen at a higher level than scattering #+/- about source files everywhere. Oh, they serve a useful