Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-21 Thread Gary King
Gary King wrote: I share Robert's queasiness and also think that we want ASDF to support these sorts of dependencies (simple, weak, contingent, etc... (?)). I will do this. I'm going to update the manual with James's table (thanks James!) in the hopes of giving us a place to hang

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Goldman
james anderson wrote: On 2009-07-20, at 21:10 , Robert Goldman wrote: james anderson wrote: On 2009-05-18, at 14:55 , Nikodemus Siivola wrote: 2009/5/18 Robert Goldman rpgold...@sift.info: Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: I've read several times that it's a head ache to configure optional

Re: [asdf-devel] [cclan-list] How to depend on a system optionally?

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Goldman
james anderson wrote: On 2009-07-21, at 00:58 , Robert Goldman wrote: Gary King wrote: I share Robert's queasiness and also think that we want ASDF to support these sorts of dependencies (simple, weak, contingent, etc... (?)). I'm going to update the manual with James's table (thanks