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Commit 9c352ea4 authored by Francois-Rene Rideau's avatar Francois-Rene Rideau
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Tweak to TODO: simplify upgrade, etc.

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* Decree that versions older than 2 years are not supported; * Decree that versions older than 2 years are not supported;
yet, keep supporting an upgrade from whatever vendors provide yet, keep supporting an upgrade from whatever vendors provide
— so push them to provide recent stuff. — so push them to provide recent stuff.
Already, swank-asdf doesn't support anything older than 2.014.6 ** Already, swank-asdf doesn't support anything older than 2.014.6
(as provided by the first 2011 iteration of Quicklisp), and (as provided by the first 2011 iteration of Quicklisp), and
I (fare) am pushing for swank-asdf to not support anything older I (fare) am pushing for swank-asdf to not support anything older
than 3.0 (since no maintained implementation has anything older, than 3.0 (since no maintained implementation has anything older,
with the LispWorks 7.0 release being last to upgrade, in May 2015). with the LispWorks 7.0 release being last to upgrade, in May 2015).
Maybe remove old versions from upgrade tests; or maybe not: ** Maybe remove old versions from upgrade tests; or maybe not:
if we support old versions in any way, if we support old versions in any way,
it should be for upgrade only, and "punt" is acceptable. it should be for upgrade only, and "punt" is acceptable.
Upgrade tests might be split in two test sets: short and long. ** Maybe remove upgrade from antique ASDF altogether.
Clear all the code in the header, and/or
move a few elements to asdf/upgrade.
** Upgrade tests might be split in two test sets: short and long.
* Moving toward cross-compilation (ASDF 3.2? 4?) * Moving toward cross-compilation (ASDF 3.2? 4?)
This would allow to get most of the benefits of XCVB This would allow to get most of the benefits of XCVB
...@@ -231,7 +234,8 @@ ...@@ -231,7 +234,8 @@
* Bug found by fe[nl]ix: infinite loop if the definitions in an asd file * Bug found by fe[nl]ix: infinite loop if the definitions in an asd file
are not in strict defsystem-depends-on dependency order. are not in strict defsystem-depends-on dependency order.
** At least document the issue. ** At least document the issue.
** Real solution: defer parsing and evaluation of defsystem forms. ** Real solution: defer parsing and evaluation of defsystem forms?
Or simply detect circularity and issue an appropriate error?
* Include some ABL test for stassats's (now obsolete?) thing: * Include some ABL test for stassats's (now obsolete?) thing:
(asdf:enable-asdf-binary-locations-compatibility (asdf:enable-asdf-binary-locations-compatibility
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