Re: The Guile junk drawer and a C plea

["Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de>]

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Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name> writes:

> IOW, if you don't want changes in your dependencies, then just don't update them.

This does not work.

You often have to update dependencies for security reasons. Got a new
gnutls or openssl or openssh with new cyphers you need to have a working
program — will Guile 3 get updated to support them or will you be forced
to migrate to Guile 4 to keep your tool working?

Do you want to create tools that people have to restrict to internal
networks a decade from now (anyone else thinking of companies still
bound to Windows XP?)?

Or do you want Guile tools to build a reliable path into the future
where we can consistently build upon existing work and actually stand on
the shoulders of giants?

If so, we must avoid repeatedly breaking the giants’ knees.

Best wishes,
Arne
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