From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mikael Djurfeldt Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Release now? Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:21:38 +0100 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20030224080854.6f5a303c.dsmith@altustech.com> Reply-To: djurfeldt@nada.kth.se NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046093061 2099 80.91.224.249 (24 Feb 2003 13:24:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:24:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: djurfeldt@nada.kth.se Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18nIag-0000Xd-00 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:24:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nIa9-0002e7-01 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:23:45 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nIYT-0000E2-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:22:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nIYF-0008Ut-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:21:47 -0500 Original-Received: from kvast.blakulla.net ([213.212.20.77]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nIYA-0008Op-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:21:43 -0500 Original-Received: from dyna224-223.nada.kth.se ([130.237.224.223] helo=linnaeus) by kvast.blakulla.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18nIY8-0003YE-00; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:21:40 +0100 Original-Received: from mdj by linnaeus with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18nIY6-0005GQ-00; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:21:38 +0100 Original-To: "Dale P. Smith" In-Reply-To: <20030224080854.6f5a303c.dsmith@altustech.com> ("Dale P. Smith"'s message of "Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:08:54 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.2 Original-cc: guile-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1960 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1960 "Dale P. Smith" writes: > Doesn't 1.8 remove the gh_* interface? I propose that it doesn't do more than what has been achieved after the GMP and signal handling has been added. The major additions will then be: GMP, POSIX threads and resizing hash tables. > Shouldn't there be some time for extension and application writers > to move to 1.6 before 1.8? If we release 1.8 now, the non-deprecated API will have had only cosmetic changes, so it wouldn't be a significant extra burden for those who have adapted to the non-deprecated API of 1.6. Besides, the signal handling will likely take some time to complete. If we then initiate the release process, chances are that the release won't happen until summer, so 1.6 will have at least half a year of "life". So, "now" means "in half a year". But if we don't start to plan for it now, it will be longer... M _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel