From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: guile-lib - devel branch - patch 4 of 11 Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:50:12 +0300 Message-ID: <83twfkz7mj.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20160715224305.432410c3@capac> <83wpkm5c1u.fsf@gnu.org> <20160716173402.014d9a12@capac> <83vb053s9r.fsf@gnu.org> <20160717172635.40bcfe87@capac> <83y44z1xet.fsf@gnu.org> <20160719205344.255d1f88@capac> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1469026223 6807 80.91.229.3 (20 Jul 2016 14:50:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:50:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: David Pirotte Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 20 16:50:21 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 1bPspI-0007JH-PH for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:50:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35028 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPspI-0000Bn-3o for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:50:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59376) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPspC-0000Al-Ud for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:50:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPsp7-0006Kv-Tx for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:50:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33587) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPsp7-0006KQ-QT; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4241 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bPsp5-0007On-TK; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:50:08 -0400 In-reply-to: <20160719205344.255d1f88@capac> (message from David Pirotte on Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:53:44 -0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:18592 Archived-At: > 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? > > > That's what I asked. Do you know the answer? > > 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. Problems in past versions of development tools are described in the documentation, and if that's not enough, the maintainers of the tools can be asked about them. There should be no need to learn about that from personal experience alone. > Besides, 'users' who locally manually install and compile GDB probably know a lot > more then I on the subject :) I don't think the fact that I build my own GDB means my time is cheap and should be disregarded. > And I bet they all setup a specific environment for that.. Not necessarily. E.g., I don't. Once again, if we must use features that exist only in a newer version, then it's a reason good enough to request users to upgrade. But as long as no such features are required, doing this: AC_PREREQ(2.69) even though an older version would do, is IMO not a good idea. And if you still disagree, let's leave it at that. I'm not speaking for the Guile project, so my opinion can be easily overridden. Thanks.