Hi Andy,
Andy Wingo <wi...@pobox.com> writes:
> [...] What I meant was that we should aim for a 2.2.0 release within a
> year ot two; and that in the meantime we should focus on consolidating
> our gains with the 2.0 series. We need to get 2.0 into the distros,
> to see wider use of 2.0, and that will take a little time.
>
> I did not mean to discourage work on master, no. I actually meant to
> encourage those changes that are compatible with 2.0 to go on the
> stable-2.0 branch.
Sounds reasonable.
>> What does this mean for my pending patches that support
>> arbitrary-precision floats and GOOPS-based numeric types?
>
> They would go on master, because they would probably be incompatible
> with 2.0.0. Speaking of which, can you ask to be added to the Guile
> group on Savannah? That will allow you to commit directly. I would
> like for you to continue to mail your patches to the list before
> pushing, just to make sure we're all on the same page. If everything
> goes well this would become less necessary over time.
Excellent! I've just made the request on Savannah. Of course I'll
continue to post patches and wait for feedback.
> I plan on being a little less responsive over the next couple months
> than I have been recently, so patience remains a virtue ;)
Certainly no one could fault you for that. I've been amazed at how
quickly you've been reviewing non-trivial patches. I wouldn't expect
anyone to keep that up for long :)
Best,
Mark
