From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Pirotte Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11 Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:34:02 -0300 Message-ID: <20160716173402.014d9a12@capac> References: <20160715224305.432410c3@capac> <83wpkm5c1u.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/=s4CMi4/hc0pv5JrcbTyPwX"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1468701294 14006 80.91.229.3 (16 Jul 2016 20:34:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:34:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 16 22:34:45 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bOWIP-0006NV-51 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:34:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38756 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bOWIO-0001ox-Bc for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:34:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bOWI7-0001oF-HK for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:34:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bOWI6-0007Sx-BW for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:34:27 -0400 Original-Received: from maximusconfessor.all2all.org ([79.99.200.102]:50520) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bOWI1-0007SR-HD; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:34:21 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.0.2]) by maximusconfessor.all2all.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E5FA04C118; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:34:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from maximusconfessor.all2all.org ([192.168.0.1]) by localhost (maximusconfessor.all2all.org [192.168.0.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AKBpCFNa9PQ5; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:34:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from capac (unknown [179.210.35.98]) by maximusconfessor.all2all.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 42C64A04C114; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:34:15 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <83wpkm5c1u.fsf@gnu.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 79.99.200.102 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:18550 Archived-At: --Sig_/=s4CMi4/hc0pv5JrcbTyPwX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Eli, nice to see progress on MinGW, congrat! > > * configure.ac: Adding a copyright; bumping prereq -> 2.69 =20 > Why is that a good idea? Why not?=20 2.69 is the latest stable, available since April 2012 > Are there any features Guile needs that older versions don't support? It is not a just question of feature, but about running the same version [o= r higher] then the one used to check, distcheck... Why would we want to even try to s= upport any previous version but the latest stable here? I don't. Autotool chain related issue/bugs can be very tedious to track down and sol= ve, and requiring users to install the latest stable versions, guarantee they won't= have any surprise on that side, and saves us precious time, we have other things to = do. IMO, it is the right thing to do. Cheers, David --Sig_/=s4CMi4/hc0pv5JrcbTyPwX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXipo6AAoJEPN0/ZOjBXrXXGQIAII+bsBjNYa9KfYn9b2zuP14 1hALopvzW6De4Jwsvbw6vgxgsHpsDsbDcqhAz5MKWd15YC/k7/nT//PIGJNvn7Pv tUxT2Icntnu6lJb0CEeJLBssbHGiHCY6012bsleRAiM7RMOVoAWItpTvZnQPgDRR LidrwTZ9ufwMHS/G9Csw8kheP+kbW9eaYSrH3draeOfoopbGTGWWrfg9stl/f51b bdmB9xETfpyfzKHk1NgRJzl44+Y4RRquLUhREEks3qe7NuLGKHUpb5+ALzpUyERa c1G9VNzuaeYhldCzGsY7U/ckCCOhmuOOcNzj8i7CVkd119Yd8vXLoISb4xGalxE= =lc6p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/=s4CMi4/hc0pv5JrcbTyPwX--