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Xristos Kalkanis | 5 Aug 00:26
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asdf-install

Hello,

Is there a reason that asdf-install is
"not as recommendable" ? I think cl-build
maps well to a lot of projects but so does
asdf-install for a lot of others (particularly
those with stable releases like cffi). A lot of
people would like to avoid having to get everything
from darcs/git/svn/cvs including me.

The latest cffi release does not install cleanly
with asdf-install as Stefil is not on cliki and can
not be installed. Can this get fixed ?

Regards,
Chris
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| 5 Aug 18:22

Re: asdf-install

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Xristos Kalkanis <ccalca <at> essex.ac.uk> wrote:
> Is there a reason that asdf-install is
> "not as recommendable"?
[...]
> The latest cffi release does not install cleanly
> with asdf-install

I guess that's why I wouldn't recommend it. It pulls way too many
dependencies, tries to compile every system in advance, most
developers don't use it themselves, etc. I agree that a
repository/system stable release is useful but I don't think
asdf-install is an adequate solution.

In any case, by the time asdf-install fails, it has already downloaded
all of the dependencies required by CFFI, so it's somewhat usable.

> as Stefil is not on cliki and can
> not be installed. Can this get fixed ?

I did add it to cliki at one point, but it depends on Swank. I'm not
sure how to add the latter to cliki. If you have a solution, please go
ahead and fix it.

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Luís Oliveira
http://student.dei.uc.pt/~lmoliv/
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Luke Crook | 18 Aug 23:00

Re: asdf-install

Luís Oliveira <luismbo <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Xristos Kalkanis <ccalca <at> essex.ac.uk> 
wrote:
> > Is there a reason that asdf-install is
> > "not as recommendable"?
> [...]
> > The latest cffi release does not install cleanly
> > with asdf-install
> 
> I guess that's why I wouldn't recommend it. It pulls way too many
> dependencies, tries to compile every system in advance, most
> developers don't use it themselves, etc. I agree that a
> repository/system stable release is useful but I don't think
> asdf-install is an adequate solution.
> 
> In any case, by the time asdf-install fails, it has already downloaded
> all of the dependencies required by CFFI, so it's somewhat usable.

My 2c is that if CFFI is no longer ASDF-INSTALLable then the previous version 
of CFFI should really be linked from the CLiki. This is the version that ASDF-
INSTALL will use. Otherwise the installation of any package that depends on 
ASDF-INSTALL and CFFI is automatically broken.

- Luke
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| 19 Aug 05:37

Re: Re: asdf-install

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Luke Crook <luke <at> balooga.com> wrote:

> My 2c is that if CFFI is no longer ASDF-INSTALLable then the previous version
> of CFFI should really be linked from the CLiki. This is the version that ASDF-
> INSTALL will use. Otherwise the installation of any package that depends on
> ASDF-INSTALL and CFFI is automatically broken.

Hmm, that sounds like a recipe for trouble. Anyway, I packaged Slime
up and made it asdf-installable; hopefully that wasn't a terrible
idea. This should make CFFI asdf-installable again. Please confirm.

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Luís Oliveira
http://student.dei.uc.pt/~lmoliv/
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Luke Crook | 28 Nov 23:23

Re: asdf-install

Luís Oliveira <luismbo <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Luke Crook <luke <at> balooga.com> wrote:
> 
> > My 2c is that if CFFI is no longer ASDF-INSTALLable then the previous 
version
> > of CFFI should really be linked from the CLiki. This is the version that 
ASDF-
> > INSTALL will use. Otherwise the installation of any package that depends on
> > ASDF-INSTALL and CFFI is automatically broken.
> 
> Hmm, that sounds like a recipe for trouble. Anyway, I packaged Slime
> up and made it asdf-installable; hopefully that wasn't a terrible
> idea. This should make CFFI asdf-installable again. Please confirm.
> 

Now that I finally have my Linux box up and running, yes I can confirm that 
CFFI is asdf-installable once again.

Thank you.
- Luke

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