diff --git a/asdf.lisp b/asdf.lisp index b7024933256620a027319e2788456eb4dc7f2d6d..01bf514f2ed7658ea447066d006b34760120ff67 100644 --- a/asdf.lisp +++ b/asdf.lisp @@ -2917,7 +2917,8 @@ with a different configuration, so the configuration would be re-read then." (setf excl:*warn-on-nested-reader-conditionals* *acl-warn-save*))) (pushnew :asdf *features*) -;;(pushnew :asdf2 *features*) ;; do that when we reach version 2 +;; this is a release candidate for ASDF 2.0 +(pushnew :asdf2 *features*) (provide :asdf) diff --git a/asdf.texinfo b/asdf.texinfo index daa17e962b1004d349d778bf6f8d3d221db3b380..0e06c8778fa686e90aa07449d6ad3e0647400b14 100644 --- a/asdf.texinfo +++ b/asdf.texinfo @@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. @node Introduction, Loading ASDF, Top, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Introduction +@cindex ASDF-related features +@vindex *features* +@cindex Testing for ASDF +@cindex ASDF versions +@cindex :asdf +@cindex :asdf2 ASDF is Another System Definition Facility: a tool for specifying how systems of Common Lisp software @@ -146,13 +152,17 @@ the ASDF internals and how to extend ASDF. NOTA BENE: We are preparing for a release of ASDF 2, which will have version 2.000 and later. -The current release 1.634 has all the code we think we need, +Releases in the 1.6xx series and beyond should be considered as +release candidates, but we're still working on documentation, and on fixing the occasional bug. For all practical purposes, ASDF 2 refers to releases later than 1.634, and ASDF 1 to any release earlier than 1.369 or so. -Once ASDF 2.000 is released, older versions will not be supported anymore, -and we'll push @code{:asdf2} onto @code{*features*}. + +ASDF 2.0 release candidates and beyond will have +@code{:asdf2} onto @code{*features*} so that if you are writing +ASDF-dependent code you may check for this feature to see if the new API +is present. @emph{All} versions of ASDF should have the @code{:asdf} feature. @node Loading ASDF, Configuring ASDF, Introduction, Top