Re: guile-2.0 and debian

[David Kastrup]

Federico Bruni <address@hidden> writes:

> Il giorno mer 23 nov 2016 alle 9:34, David Kastrup <address@hidden> ha
> scritto:
>> The question is whether it would make sense to temporarily base
>> lilydev
>> on something with the necessary packages instead of vanilla Ubuntu.
>> There is a bit of impetus for getting a hold of the Guile-2.0 issue
>> and
>> I find that expanding the base of people willing to dig into matters
>> would be a useful thing.  It might also improve chances of getting
>> actual Guile developers touching our problem spaces.
>>
>> Having the kind of work Thomas invests here be doable with straight
>> lilydev could draw some more participation.
>
> LilyDev is based on Debian stable.
>
> This package
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=guile-2.0
>
> is currently available as version 2.0.11 in stable and 2.0.13 in
> testing.
>
> I may release a new ISO image with version 2.0.13, if this is what you
> need.

I don't know who currently uses Lilydev.  But for the Guilev2 work and
testing, 2.0.11 is just not going to do the job.  There are just too
many Guile bugs requiring workarounds to make this a viable platform for
getting LilyPond out of the Guilev2 quagmire.

So it really depends on the overlap of people using Lilydev and people
trying to help with the Guilev2 effort on whether this would help.

-- 
David Kastrup