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> and Quicklisp which is an unversioned mess Quicklisp is the Common Lisp package manager from what I remember. It doesn't version its packages?

• tmtvl 4y ago
  Not really, but there are ways around it: http://blog.quicklisp.org/2011/08/going-back-in-dist-time.html http://blog.quicklisp.org/2011/08/going-back-in-dist-time.ht...
  • oblio 4y ago
    I'm confused, is this about Quicklisp itself or about the packages it manages? I.e. quicklisp 1.1 versus quicklisp 1.0 or libfoo 1.1 vs libfoo 1.0?
    • tmtvl 4y ago
      It's about the packages, a Quicklisp dist has a list of packages of specific versions (like libfoo 1.1, libbar 1.0, and libbaz 1.2) and you can switch to an older dist (which can have libfoo 1.0, no libbar, and libbaz 1.2).
      • oblio 4y ago
        Oh, so it's actually a carefully curated limited list? Because otherwise the combinatorial explosion would make this unmanageable super fast.