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: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:53:44 -0300 Message-ID: <20160719205344.255d1f88@capac> References: <20160715224305.432410c3@capac> <83wpkm5c1u.fsf@gnu.org> <20160716173402.014d9a12@capac> <83vb053s9r.fsf@gnu.org> <20160717172635.40bcfe87@capac> <83y44z1xet.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/Wv+3SqokkWS/IKktYo41Wvy"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1468972470 18131 80.91.229.3 (19 Jul 2016 23:54:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:54:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 20 01:54:20 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 1bPeqB-0007Tt-GJ for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:54:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59595 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPeqA-0001kF-Rs for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:54:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53945) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPepv-0001Xd-VX for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:54:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPepv-0004eF-07 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:54:03 -0400 Original-Received: from maximusconfessor.all2all.org ([79.99.200.102]:57202) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPepq-0004cK-5w; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:53:58 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.0.2]) by maximusconfessor.all2all.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EB24A04C18F; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:53:56 +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 6jIdaYiyFiIV; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:53:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from capac (unknown [201.59.230.26]) by maximusconfessor.all2all.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 99852A04C17C; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:53:50 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <83y44z1xet.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:18589 Archived-At: --Sig_/Wv+3SqokkWS/IKktYo41Wvy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, > > > > 2.69 is the latest stable, available since April 2012 =20 > > > If there are known problems with older versions that get in the way, I > > > agree. Are there? =20 > > Are there? =20 > That's what I asked. Do you know the answer? Don't you understand? How could I possibly answer that quiz, since it's bee= n 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. I have no interest here, but if you do check and guarantee it works, I happ= y to trust you. > > > Besides, other packages might required older versions. =20 > > Are you aware of any incompatibilities between 2.69 and earlier 2.x ver= sion(s) of > > autoconf? =20 > That's not the point. It is exactly the point sorry. Besides, when a package requires an earlier= version then the latest stable, which is the case for Guile-Clutter for example, th= en developers should provide a guidance for users, on how to exactly locally i= nstall earlier then stable versions in a way that it does not interfere with the r= est of the system. Besides, 'users' who locally manually install and compile GDB probably know= a lot more then I on the subject :) And I bet they all setup a specific environme= nt for that.. If they do not have a specific environment, these advanced 'users' [you mea= n top notch hackers right?] know they can locally edit our configure.ac file and = try what ever version of autoconf they have... It will most probably work, I agree w= ith you, but I'm not interested to try and offer guarantee... Cheers, David --Sig_/Wv+3SqokkWS/IKktYo41Wvy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXjr2IAAoJEPN0/ZOjBXrXoKcIAOKyWpneyPmMs+h/+vzeTEeX dPPyuxwXVbq8UzQtgE6lW0zHkTEtFVpOe3qONoJcRqB2jK17PslQEsPCnlDqrPvr MqKGUZWlmeCmKlcO7d5qLkpCaLP/BLC2+Knxw/hAVcH3GvmYGAKbk7hj9+sMoV0f YkMlACT67lYCuOVnTyP3chI7aYSew+Jkz9UAAtUOy7O0Jy3O+p0kMBk8VKoX+XnP P6oIGLmku7ZOPAlzP7uzKlbYrw9buISGGjvn2UBaSbVEduRZ3iQLG6ROu/5SMjta 7DCf2P54u2gkQC36lzbbDN5sah9svNpWOSARSlfDUr8QGBBiPv8MWH7ZDiwgJjw= =lMFy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Wv+3SqokkWS/IKktYo41Wvy--