Next steps

[Robert Goldman]

`version-satisfies` is *already* a generic function.  We will add some 
more capabilities to the built-in version in ASDF 3.4, but library 
authors will continue to be able to implement their own extensions.

On 17 Nov 2021, at 11:24, Didier Verna wrote:

> Stelian Ionescu wrote:
>
>>> Mostly sounds good to me. Assuming you're still interested in more
>>> expressive version numbers and constraints for 3.4, I'll work on 
>>> moving
>>> that off the back burner.
>>
>> Adding fine-grained version constraints would be a big mistake.
>
>   I do not have the time to check this thoroughly right now, but I
>   recall having suggested that ASDF shouldn't impose any constraints 
> on
>   version "numbers", but rather defer version comparison to libraries
>   when they use a version numbering scheme that ASDF doesn't 
> understand.
>   This can be done by providing generic functions like version-> etc.,
>   and letting people provide methods on them.
>
>   There may even be an issue and a patch lurking around somewhere.
>   Again, sorry for being fuzzy, this is just from the top of my head.
>
> -- 
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>
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