Re: Release now?

[Mikael Djurfeldt]

(Sorry for answering lately---been on vacation!)

Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:

> Mikael Djurfeldt <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> When Rob has added the GMP support there's only the signal handling
>> left of the major changes intended for the 1.8 release, right?
>
> There is also the issue of having good replacements for all of gh_.

I guess what I'm suggesting is to split the currently planned 1.8
into a leaner 1.8 and a 1.10, i.e., to make 1.8 less ambitious in
order to get out bugfixes and new technology faster.

The gh_ stuff (and other things in the current 1.8 TODO list) could be
done in 1.10.

> Also also, I promised rms to keep backwards compatability for a long
> time (and I do agree that it is important).  That means that the
> things that are deprecated in 1.6 and have already been removed from
> 1.8 need to be added back.

Yes, this would be a typical lean 1.8 thing, and is a good argument
why a lean 1.8 release wouldn't be painful.


I just want to add that this is only a suggestion.  While I think it
would be good to make a lean 1.8 release, I'm not going to argue
further for it.  :-)

M