Comment 1 for bug 485687

See my rant http://fare.livejournal.com/149264.html

But also, so that you may seamlessly upgrade ASDF and install stuff, there ought to be some standard location for configuration files:

~/.config/common-lisp/asdf.conf
/etc/common-lisp/asdf.conf

For simplicity, the configuration file can be a sexp, or even a Lisp file you load - though restricting the language is always a good idea when you can get away with it.

Or something. But anyway, there should be a well-defined way to configure things such that responsibilities are well-established as to who configures what how, and who doesn't have to. Implementers shouldn't have to worry how things are distributed, or distributors how they are implemented.