Stelian Ionescu wrote:
- install Quicklisp, it's easy and painless
- put your projects in $QUICKLISPDIR/local-projects/
done.
I get you, but I don't like it.
That's like saying "I want to make my first C program." "OK, let me teach you how to use apt-get."
Maybe this is the right answer, but it's not a path to getting a minimal understandable config for ASDF. All that's happening here is that Quicklisp is hiding the complexity.
I am reminded of Clojure: "I want to write my first Clojure program, what do I do?" "First learn how Leiningen works."
I am happy for people to tell novices to start with Quicklisp, don't get me wrong. And if that's their path into programming, instead of starting through ASDF, I'm fine with that, too. But it doesn't remove the need for a trivial path into ASDF.
Your email does suggest that ~/asdf-local-projects/ might be a suitable location...
Similarly, it's unacceptable to have as the first instruction in our manual "go off, find and install a script that configures our tool." That means that we have failed to provide an easily configurable tool.
I appreciate your thoughts, but they haven't yet pushed me away from the default directory solution.
Best, r