Re: [asdf-devel] deprecating run-shell-command

On Sun, 6 Jan 2013, Faré wrote:

I will add a concatenate-all-source-op that recursively descends into all system dependencies, concatenates all sources, and creates the output file asdf.lisp, also including defsystem fallback stubs to make upgrade easier, just like the current asdf defsystem fallback stub.

This way, ASDF can enjoy the advantages of both a "large set of small libraries" and a "single-file bootstrap solution". Also, adding new extensions to ASDF will be easier.

That sounds like it could be a very useful feature in general. For example, it would allow any program to be distributed with its all dependencies in a single source file.

Thanks, Daniel