On Aug 26, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Faré <fahree@gmail.com> wrote:
* a :source-registry entry can have a :cache entry (or be followed by a :cache entry? or have a .cache file equivalent?) that lists all relevant .asd files as a sorted list of relative unix-namestrings. * Some script can regenerate the cache from the registry.
Something of this kind - A disk cache of *source-registry* - is my preference de jour. It’s trivial to dump the *source-registry* to a file and reload it. My hack here along those lines is almost nothing more than a list of pathnames. The code which builds the source registry fascinates my inner archeologist; I wouldn’t want to write that in bash. It is easier to explain to users that there is one disk cache, v.s. N.
… re-running the script when you install, deinstall or update lisp code …
I often have very long running lisp processes. So I need to do exactly that via asdf:clear-source-repository etc. Who knows when to update/rebuild the disk cache? Sometimes only the developer. But quicklisp knows when it (un)installes things. I’d be tempted to update the disk cache when that happens. - ben ---- http://enthusiasm.cozy.org tel:+1-781-791-3054 I forecast sunny weather! "Communication rests on a foundation of mutual perspective-taking, the mechanics of which are poorly understood."