Robert, I believe that the system-depends-on support, unsatisfactory as it is, is already useful in some cases, and probably forward-compatible with a future satisfactory solution, which is why I favor leaving it as is for 2.0. However, I will not object if you remove that support or add a trivial cerror when it is used (assuming you test the result before you commit). I don't think it's worth doing myself. If you think it's worth doing - prove it. That's my last word on the subject until 2.0 is released. So, apart from that, no objection to a freeze? So be it. Code freeze starting May 1st. Only bug fixes and documentation updates from then on. After two weeks of no change at all, I will declare 2.0 released. Hopefully on time for SBCL 1.0.39. (Note that before the freeze, I have made changes that allow to remove code from POIU.) [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] Racists often attribute to genetics what is due to memetics. Anti-racists often do the opposite. Both groups involve legal violence where none is due.