Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_...@web.de> writes:
> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > >> Thien-Thi Nguyen <t...@gnuvola.org> skribis: >>> I would like to work (on the weekends, so as not to intefere w/ >>> <day-job>) on preparation and release of Guile 1.8.9, targeted >>> for the ides of April (more or less). >>> >>> Guile 1.8.x users: What changes do you want to see in 1.8.9? > > I am not a Guile 1.8.x user, but changes I would like to see is anything > that could ease incremental porting to Guile 3.x. If there’s a way to > backport incompatible interfaces from 3.x so people can replace the > 1.8.x-specific interfaces one by one, that could make it more viable to > move upwards. Guile 2 was already very different from 1.8. >>> Guile maintainers: Any tips (process, content, interop, etc) >>> most welcome! >> >> Guile 1.8 has been unmaintained for years and I wonder about the message >> we’d be sending by publishing a bug-fix release 11 years and 3 major >> versions later. > > The message we’re sending is that we don’t leave anyone out in the cold > who committed to using Guile. The mailing lists are evidence enough that users of Guile 1.8 can get help in migrating to version 2+. But suggesting that Guile 1.8 is still maintained when it emphatically is not — that is a step too far, in my opinion. -- Ricardo
