Hi Faré,
Probably, I'm the first one who started the custom.
However, I suppose it's technically not widely used because of Quickdocs,
since it also searchs README file at the project root.
Perhaps, it may be because CL-Project, my project generator, has been
adding the code to the new ASD file.
Sounds good to me, but I'm possibly also an old-school code bummer.
- Original message -
From: "Faré"
To: ASDF-devel , Eitarow Fukamachi
, Didier Verna
Subject: long-description
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:16 PM
I've seen the pattern of using
:long-description
#.(uiop:read
I've seen the pattern of using
:long-description
#.(uiop:read-file-string
(uiop:subpathname *load-pathname* "README.md"))
spread among CL libraries.
I see it only as a waste of kilobytes of data (quadrupled on 32-bit
unicode lisps such as SBCL).
I'm told it's because Quickdocs likes it t
> simple and sustainable is a key to survival. In asdf I see the
> accumulation of complexity with no end. That is bad generally.
old ASDF was broken in countless ways, and i've experienced the bugs
in my everyday activities.
the question is whether ASDF has any accidental complexity, i.e.
comple