[feature request] Removing quicklisp from the lisp image

[naryl]

It doesn't make sense to bundle the package manager with the delivered software. So, it would be great to be able to

1. Load quicklisp.
2. Install/load the system and its dependencies.
3. Remove quicklisp from the image.
4. Dump the image.

3 is currently not possible but should be easy for most implementations.

[quicklisp]

The bundle feature does that in kind of a different way - it allows you to produce a set of libraries that are easily loaded in a new image without loading Quicklisp.

I think it might be sufficient to delete-package any package with the "ql-" prefix to attempt to remove Quicklisp.

[adlai]

quicklisp wrote:

I think it might be sufficient to delete-package any package with the "ql-" prefix to attempt to remove Quicklisp.

One kind of leftovers that would remain after garbage collecting the deletions is the updated ASDF; however, I doubt someone who used QL to create the bundles, would subsequently insist on downgrading ASDF.