Re: [PATCH] Re: Could there be a way to disable LOAD-PREFERENCES?

Daniel Barlow <[email protected]> writes:

> My opinions are very much as an _ex_-contributor to either (lack of
> time), so don't take them as diktat, but in my time I tried to avoid
> having divergent asdf forks floating around and so I'd be saddened if
> the ongoing development direction of asdf makes it unable to meet
> sbcl's need somehow here.  If it's not clear what I'm saying: I
> support this request unless (1) someone's going to come up with something
> better in the same timeframe, or (2) the asdf in sbcl can be reverted to a
> version before preference loading was introduced until TRT is decided.

Time has moved on, but this problem remains.  Can I do a quick canvas,
and find out who (or what pieces of software) are in fact using this
preferences mechanism, and what people's ideal resolution is?  The
timescale for this is that I would like some solution to be
implemented in the next couple of weeks, so that the next SBCL release
doesn't have a problem.

Best,

Christophe

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