Re: rfc: next guile 1.8.x release

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> skribis:
>>> I would like to work (on the weekends, so as not to intefere w/
>>> <day-job>) on preparation and release of Guile 1.8.9, targeted
>>> for the ides of April (more or less).
>>>
>>> Guile 1.8.x users: What changes do you want to see in 1.8.9?
>
> I am not a Guile 1.8.x user, but changes I would like to see is anything
> that could ease incremental porting to Guile 3.x. If there’s a way to
> backport incompatible interfaces from 3.x so people can replace the
> 1.8.x-specific interfaces one by one, that could make it more viable to
> move upwards.

Guile 2 was already very different from 1.8.

>>> Guile maintainers: Any tips (process, content, interop, etc)
>>> most welcome!
>>
>> Guile 1.8 has been unmaintained for years and I wonder about the message
>> we’d be sending by publishing a bug-fix release 11 years and 3 major
>> versions later.
>
> The message we’re sending is that we don’t leave anyone out in the cold
> who committed to using Guile.

The mailing lists are evidence enough that users of Guile 1.8 can get
help in migrating to version 2+.

But suggesting that Guile 1.8 is still maintained when it emphatically
is not — that is a step too far, in my opinion.

-- 
Ricardo