5:55:41Nilby(namestring (make-pathname :type "foo"))) => sbcl: error, ccl: ".foo", ecl: nil, clisp: ".foo", etc... so you can do whatever you want because pathnames already suck
5:57:11NilbyI like ".foo", but it I can't rely on it, so I can't use it.
6:05:13NilbyMeanwhile here in the future, there's two kinds of file names, one that's simple and everyone likes it and can be just a list. Another that includes ipv6 addresses and GUIDs, and nothing really handles fully.
7:35:32grawlinsondistro packager here, is there any point in symlinking .asd files to /usr/share/common-lisp/systems? it seems to be in Fedora/OpenSUSE/Arch's packaging guidelines but as far as I can tell, Debian doesn't bother with it
7:35:46grawlinsonIs there anywhere in the (or *a*) spec that mandates it?
7:42:53semzgrawlinson: The ASDF manual (https://asdf.common-lisp.dev/asdf.html ยง4.2) says it's a common (but outdated?) idiom. I don't think it's strictly required.
7:45:54grawlinsongot as far as "...a common idiom *was* to put symbolic links..."
7:46:01grawlinsonthis makes my life so much easier, thanks semz :)