On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Raffael Cavallaro < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Nov 17, 11:55 pm, "Cosmin Stejerean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Most of these projects change on a daily basis and so far I've never run > > into any issues using the latest version of each. During initial > > installation the chances of issues being due to user error are far > greater > > than problems due to incompatible versions, and since getting in the > habit > > of using the latest version (and updating regularly) is a good thing, I > > would recommend using the latest version to any newcomer and posting > > questions here including detailed explanation of what was tried and what > > happened. > > > Allow me to repeat that I was using the latest git cloned and cvs co'd > versions of all these components , a *completely blank* .emacs, and a > freshly installed Aquamacs. IOW, a pristine, completely up to date > install. Just because it worked on the day you did your setup most > definitely does *not* mean this is a reliable procedure. > If you had provided the specific versions you checked out and your resulting .emacs file we could have a conversation about whether or not the problem was due to versions constantly changing or some misconfiguration on your part. Building from latest head is not 100% reliable, but I'm not yet convinced it's worth optimizing for the rare chance that there is an incompatibility. Even if you were to provide a link to some known good version of each project, how do you define "good"? What kind of bugs are acceptable for the purpose of a known good combination? Is slime starting up sufficient? Assuming some automated tests can be created to define the characteristics of a known good combination I'll volunteer to create a continuous integration server to report the status of trying to use the latest version of each project so interested users can quickly see if the most recent combination works, and if not look, at the history to find the most recent one that does. Is providing automated tests something you'd like to help with? -- Cosmin Stejerean http://www.offbytwo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
