Re: socket.c

[Rob Browning]

Michael Tuexen <address@hidden> writes:

> I would like to extend socket.c such that guile supports also SCTP.
> If I submit patches against the 1.6.4 version is it possible that
> the changes are included in the 1.6.5 release? Or should I submit
> patches against the CVS version? Is it still possible to include the
> changes into 1.6.5?

It would depend on the nature of the changes.  For example, I'm about
to add srfi-31 to 1.6 and 1.7, but that will only involve the addition
of a new file, a new test, and some documentation, and nothing should
be affected unless you (use-modules (srfi srfi-31)).

It would defintely be a judgement call.  If the changes can be done in
such a way that it's obvious that they won't break existing build or
runtime behaviors, then that'd be fine, but it's worth mentioning that
we're very likely to err on the side of being conservative with
changes to 1.6.

Hope this helps.
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Rob Browning
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