Re: asdf version proposal

Sean Ross <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.cclan.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Gary King wrote:

> I think this sounds like a great step forward. Without giving it much 
> thought, I'd suggest adding a parameter to control whether "1.2.3" is 
> exact or not and the like. Something like *asdf-version-match-exact-p* 
> (I'm sure that there is a better name but I just woke up <smile>).

Another option is to say that to match an exact version you
have to use the form "=1.2.3" and leave "1.2.3" to mean versions >=.
This way we maintain full backward compatibility while still being able
to specify an exact version match.


Sean.


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