From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Olivier Dion via "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Maintenance and future of Guile Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 16:11:05 -0500 Message-ID: <87pmpscnbq.fsf@laura> References: <87r1a8icmd.fsf@nonconstructivism.com> Reply-To: Olivier Dion Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6898"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , Jean Abou Samra , guile-devel@gnu.org To: Blake Shaw , Taylan Kammer Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 19 22:11:51 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mz3TC-0001cn-Hw for guile-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:11:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35750 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mz3TB-00050F-0d for guile-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 16:11:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42128) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mz3Sh-000506-Mg for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 16:11:19 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca ([132.207.4.11]:55193) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mz3Sf-0008Bq-Ao; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 16:11:18 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (modemcable094.169-200-24.mc.videotron.ca [24.200.169.94]) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 1BJLB5Xe009691 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 19 Dec 2021 16:11:11 -0500 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.polymtl.ca 1BJLB5Xe009691 In-Reply-To: <87r1a8icmd.fsf@nonconstructivism.com> X-Poly-FromMTA: (modemcable094.169-200-24.mc.videotron.ca [24.200.169.94]) at Sun, 19 Dec 2021 21:11:05 +0000 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.207.4.11; envelope-from=olivier.dion@polymtl.ca; helo=smtp.polymtl.ca X-Spam_score_int: -41 X-Spam_score: -4.2 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.lisp.guile.devel:21014 Archived-At: On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, Blake Shaw wrote: > In a situation like this, I would recommend that we form a little > working group to collectively study the implementation of Guile, and > with Ludo's suggestions come up with a roadmap for tackling various > areas of the repo/compiler/infrastructure that need work, which we > could then divide up among ourselves with each of us creating a > presentation on our assigned areas, with group hack sessions following > each bi-weekly (or whatever) presentation. This way we could > distribute the knowledge aquisicition work in a structured fashion > while forming a support group for developing a collective > understanding of the codebase, as a cohort of sorts. I think that would be a great idea. Separating the work across our respective forces would be beneficial to the project. However, that would require someone that can organize this workgroup and give it some inertia and a direction on where to start. -- Olivier Dion Polymtl