From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rob Browning Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: merge from 1.8 branch Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:22:28 -0700 Message-ID: <87zmbkkxor.fsf@raven.defaultvalue.org> References: <87odslqb5e.fsf@zip.com.au> <87mz84rmpx.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <87slhupqwc.fsf@zip.com.au> <87bqo6zpct.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <87wt6sp7dw.fsf@raven.defaultvalue.org> <87bqo0teml.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161804160 21530 80.91.229.2 (25 Oct 2006 19:22:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:22:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 25 21:22:37 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcoKi-0005ao-I2 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:22:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcoKh-0007MZ-VU for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:22:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcoKe-0007KP-4n for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:22:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcoKc-0007IN-ET for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:22:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcoKc-0007Hz-51 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:22:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [70.85.129.156] (helo=defaultvalue.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GcoKb-0002y9-V2 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:22:30 -0400 Original-Received: from omen.defaultvalue.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4156C90DDF; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:22:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from raven.defaultvalue.org (raven.defaultvalue.org [192.168.1.7]) by omen.defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DA8340AA; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:22:28 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by raven.defaultvalue.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D3794355171; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:22:28 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: Neil Jerram In-Reply-To: <87bqo0teml.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> (Neil Jerram's message of "Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:49:22 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:6183 Archived-At: Neil Jerram writes: >> Of course we could also just shift 1.8 into maintenance mode, start >> focusing on the main branch, and plan to release 1.10 sooner. I'd >> be open to that as well. > > How would that be different from the current situation? (In other > words, in what sense is 1.8 not already in maintenance mode?) I was mostly just thinking about the range of options (in general) between taking the position that 1.8 should only allow bugfixes, and that any new development should go into 1.10, and taking a more liberal position as (in part) a way to release new features sooner (at least those that don't break backward compatibility). Of course in the former case, there would be more pressure for a earlier 1.10 release. Of course each approach has its advantages and disadvantages, both from the developer's perspective, and the user's perspective. -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org; previously @cs.utexas.edu GPG starting 2002-11-03 = 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel