Re: 1.8 time frame?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> > What's the latest update on the status of the guile 1.8 release plan?
> 
> It is getting closer, it's hard to say when it will arrive.  I'm
> working full-time on the new C API for data type conversions, and I
> hope that I have strings and symbols nailed next week.  The rest
> should be simpler...

I understand that you can't give a definite ETA, but is "closer"
measured in weeks, months or quarter years?  I have a very nasty
heisenbug here, and I would rather not debug it, if possible.

> > Have you considered moving to a regular release schedule (like the
> > GNOME project does?).
> 
> Hmm, my feeling is that this will not work very well with Guile since
> Guile is a much smaller project with fewer people working on it.

In any case I would welcome this very much. Most of my contributions
were due to LilyPond. I find it very frustrating to wait for years for
my changes to show up.  I prefer released software with some rough
edges to perfect software which is not released at all. Surely current
CVS is better in all regards than the 1.6 release?  I don't see the
point of postponing releases.

Anyway, my 2 cents.

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