22 Apr
2012
22 Apr
'12
4:55 p.m.
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 08:54, Pascal Costanza pc@p-cos.net wrote:
Why is it that ASDF requires restarting lisp in a pristine state?
Mostly historical reasons. Its test suite predates most test-suite software. No one has rewritten it to use anything else. I would gladly accept a patch that replaces that with, say, fiveam or stefil. Proper use of clear-system and delete-package can help.
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