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[Stelian Ionescu]

> On 17 Nov 2021, at 14:03, Stelian Ionescu wrote:
>
>>> On 17 Nov 2021, at 12:32, Stelian Ionescu wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> You don't have to use the Quicklisp client to load dependencies, 
>>>> just to fetch them (as a package manager).
>>>> And for that, I think it should be always used this way.
>>>>
>>> That only works if you are using the QL libraries unchanged. If you 
>>> need to patch or extend them, you need to set up a repo and handle 
>>> things yourself.
>>
>> This is definitely not true. You can configure ASDF pretty easily in 
>> such a way that you have a directory of local dependencies which 
>> override the ones in Quicklisp. I have lots of locally patched 
>> libraries and never had any problem with that.
>>
>
> What I mean is that Quicklisp doesn't handle this -- you fall back on 
> ASDF without QL.
> Specifically, if the library needs patching, you need to go out and find 
> it. AFAIK QL won't help you find the source and check it out, for 
> example.

Sure, if you need a fork that is outside Quicklisp you should fetch it yourself.

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Stelian Ionescu