On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Robert P. Goldman <rpgold...@sift.info> wrote: > Faré wrote: >> ~/local/common-lisp/ has the advantage of being clutter-limiting, >> XDG-like if not strictly XDG, clean, etc., and just one character >> longer than your proposal. > > I am less excited about the future and find it more appealing in terms > of non-collision, to get "asdf" in the name. But I am willing to be > overridden; my preference is weak. > The future you may hate your current self if you get "asdf" in that name.
> OTOH, I don't like ~/local/common-lisp/ because it seems to me that the > "local" pathname component doesn't mean anything. Its XDG-likeness > seems to me a hazard -- it can be confused with ".local" and has no > corresponding advantage. > Fair enough. I admit I myself use a ~/local/ hierarchy that I manage with stow. I used to do it with /usr/local, but it's hassle to compete with what distributions and/or system administrators sometimes put there (on shared or managed machines). > Unless someone can convince me there's some useful tree to insert > ourselves into, I think the default lisp code directory should be a > direct subdirectory of ~, not an indirect one. > I think you have a point. > Does anyone have an argument for not being at the root? > Avoid clutter, if many languages each do that. >> ~/common-lisp/ is slightly more pretentious, but probably works, too. >> That would be my preference. >> ~/cl/ is taking a lot of familiarity, and maybe I should keep it my >> personal configuration rather than a recommended default. > > These last two have been rejected by Pascal and others for what I feel > are good reasons. > I thought Pascal has just rejected ~/lisp/ because of his current setup. I haven't seen anyone comment on either ~/common-lisp/ or ~/cl/ I believe that ~/common-lisp/ is the Right Thing™ at this point. > Thanks, everyone! I believe this discussion is leading us to a better > place.... > Right before the 3.1 release is the perfect time for bikeshedding. Afterwards, it will be too late to say "you can depend on that predicated on #+asdf3.1". —♯ƒ • François-René ÐVB Rideau •Reflection&Cybernethics• http://fare.tunes.org One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. — Henry Ford
