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Re: Guile versioning
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Thien-Thi Nguyen |
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Re: Guile versioning |
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Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:58:35 -0700 |
From: address@hidden (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
Date: 25 Jun 2001 21:53:22 -0700
I'm using Guile 1.4 because that's the *released* version. Why is
the released version nearly a year out of date?
because the feedback is likewise? :->
from my perspective, it seemed the guile community was for a long time
fractured between users and developers (who may also be users), so both
groups went sort of open-loop implementing their own hacks (developers)
and workarounds (users) w/o consulting each other. it is only of middle
2000 that i feel there is more communication betwixt. probably w/ 1.5.0
release and active solicitation of user feedback this gap can be reduced
further.
The following things suck in Guile 1.4, and I suspect they may be
better in the current CVS source:
There is no good emacs interface
The debugger can't single step
The debugger has no good breakpoints
The debugger doesn't interact with emacs nicely
What are guile-core's plans in this area?
it's difficult to answer for everyone; there is no gestalt "guile-core".
(personally, i think the "steering committee" idea is flawed, especially
if those named to such a position are absent from this mailing list. i
became aware of a guile-devel-internal mailing list through a google
search which depressed me for a few days, not because i'm not
subscribed, but because its existence is a sign of weakness in our
development model. those few days turned into weeks due to other
reasons, but i digress...)
re debugging, most of the pieces are lying around ready to be cohesed
and integrated. sounds like Neil Jerram is looking into making the
current debugger more full-featured standalone. perhaps the result can
be hooked into Keisuke Nishida's channels (which i confess to not fully
understanding yet) for full emacs puissance.
i am wondering if fsf would hire me (or someone capable :-) to integrate
guile/gdb/bash...
thi
- Guile versioning, Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2001/06/26
- Re: Guile versioning,
Thien-Thi Nguyen <=