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: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:26:35 -0300 Message-ID: <20160717172635.40bcfe87@capac> References: <20160715224305.432410c3@capac> <83wpkm5c1u.fsf@gnu.org> <20160716173402.014d9a12@capac> <83vb053s9r.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/qgk.Hdk=1z5EMbPr5hyDL51"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1468787307 6789 80.91.229.3 (17 Jul 2016 20:28:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 20:28:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 17 22:28:18 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 1bOsfh-0006nK-Ph for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:28:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42984 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bOsfg-0007qz-M7 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:28:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40038) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bOseM-00069B-QB for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:26:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bOseL-0000uo-Vu for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:26:54 -0400 Original-Received: from maximusconfessor.all2all.org ([79.99.200.102]:39512) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bOseF-0000tz-Cq; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:26:47 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.0.2]) by maximusconfessor.all2all.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B00BBA04C0F0; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:26:46 +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 v37BuBCLu+BM; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:26:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from capac (unknown [179.210.32.135]) by maximusconfessor.all2all.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C6313A04C0DE; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:26:41 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <83vb053s9r.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:18555 Archived-At: --Sig_/qgk.Hdk=1z5EMbPr5hyDL51 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 t= o have to > upgrade unrelated tools in your development environment just because you = need to > build a newer version of Guile. I would not qualify autoconf/automake of 'unrelated' but 'essential' tools,= and would never call 'nuisance' the fact that you ask a user to be in the 'cond= itions' that guarantee a proper build. I can not guarantee this proper build with e= arlier versions, I don't have time neither any wish to maintain older version of t= hese essential tools. > Besides, other packages might required older versions. Are you aware of any incompatibilities between 2.69 and earlier 2.x version= (s) of autoconf? David. --Sig_/qgk.Hdk=1z5EMbPr5hyDL51 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXi+n7AAoJEPN0/ZOjBXrXWCIH/Rr+jXpfirFx3L5USagNJefT jIJaEo6JzWIu/LY/LsIVQQwnYr/HJlAH6p5sMRThoAEnhZI3Gyrd9Rk1Um/cutzp D/gSaiDXNdOdA5FG2m6Kdpnr2vTTenxqljKex65+ZrGkBFnEsPI3THmMuxJntQSk TbyKUFeBoVxts8mcdgxX8mYwl9GwlEqKuVGLaDG/3tBPGAL9UPjPNOD46JgTKjl5 DlTBjAOIoZnTmEIasmYFZr0n8bPLk9xRZ0wzslAcRbRkNe4Xm6aEiNM5mQKIkz9a AEsH3blE+AAo63e1Q7hlTRBxRp5fmUfGyFCirIsNVvHP2FswrPqNwiN1jMLGB6E= =eplJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/qgk.Hdk=1z5EMbPr5hyDL51--