.asd file IN-PACKAGE

The ASD file is IN-PACKAGE ASDF, which is really not A Good Thing. You could at least potentially damage a user's working ASDF by smashing some symbol in that package. The comment at the header expresses a dislike for adding a new package. That's fine. If you don't put a package there, ASDF will load it into ASDF-USER. So we should either: 1. replace ASDF with ASDF-USER in the IN-PACKAGE -- that's what I would favor, since it allows a programmer to interact with this definition in the editor or 2. simply remove the IN-PACKAGE form altogether, and ASDF will automagically put it into an appropriate package. Best, r