Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-24 Thread David Pirotte
Hello Eli, > > Don't you understand? How could I possibly answer that quiz, since it's > > been 4 > > years I use 2.69? You can't tell for sure just because there has been no > > complain: you can only tell for sure if someone you 'trust' check with what > > ever > > version you'd like to use.

Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-23 Thread Andy Wingo
On Sun 17 Jul 2016 04:36, Eli Zaretskii writes: > If there are known problems with older versions that get in the way, I > agree. Are there? > > If there are no known problems that interfere with maintaining Guile, > I think refraining from the above will be nicer to our users. To be clear this

Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-20 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:53:44 -0300 > From: David Pirotte > Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org > > > > > > 2.69 is the latest stable, available since April 2012 > > > > > If there are known problems with older versions that get in the way, I > > > > agree. Are there? > > > > Are there? > > > T

Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-19 Thread David Pirotte
Hello, > > > > 2.69 is the latest stable, available since April 2012 > > > If there are known problems with older versions that get in the way, I > > > agree. Are there? > > Are there? > That's what I asked. Do you know the answer? Don't you understand? How could I possibly answer that

Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-17 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:26:35 -0300 > From: David Pirotte > Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org > > > > 2.69 is the latest stable, available since April 2012 > > > If there are known problems with older versions that get in the way, I > > agree. Are there? > > Are there? That's what I asked. Do you

Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-17 Thread David Pirotte
Hello Eli, > > 2.69 is the latest stable, available since April 2012 > If there are known problems with older versions that get in the way, I > agree. Are there? Are there? > Because people might have older versions installed, and it's a nuisance to > have to > upgrade unrelated tools in your

Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-16 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:34:02 -0300 > From: David Pirotte > Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org > > nice to see progress on MinGW, congrat! Thanks. > > > * configure.ac: Adding a copyright; bumping prereq -> 2.69 > > > Why is that a good idea? > > Why not? > 2.69 is the latest stable, availa

Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-16 Thread David Pirotte
Hi Eli, nice to see progress on MinGW, congrat! > > * configure.ac: Adding a copyright; bumping prereq -> 2.69 > Why is that a good idea? Why not? 2.69 is the latest stable, available since April 2012 > Are there any features Guile needs that older versions don't support? It is no

Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-15 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:43:05 -0300 > From: David Pirotte > > * configure.ac: Adding a copyright; bumping prereq -> 2.69 Why is that a good idea? Are there any features Guile needs that older versions don't support? Thanks.

guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11

2016-07-15 Thread David Pirotte
guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11 From d6f82af4e61f17ac2c4e6291e31d64cf86dc834d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Pirotte Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:21:07 -0300 Subject: [PATCH 04/11] Updating autogen and configure * autogen.sh: (a) removing the call to configure, printing an invitation