Re: 1.9.1 checklist

[Mike Gran]

> Hey folks!
> 
> So, IMO we need to start pushing towards a release. How about getting a
> 1.9.1 out soon?
> 
> Unicode:
>    Code shaping up, needs review and R6RS-libs. Unclear how much will be
>    in shape for 2.0. Acceptable to ship with only the finished parts.
> 

The big steps to hit a beta on Unicode are transcoders in R6RS I/O,
charsets that have more than 256 characters, some serious profiling,
and unicode-sized characters and strings in the virtual machine,
compiler, and REPL.  Also readline may need some work.

> Basically at this point the features are coming together, and we need
> testing and exposure to focus the hackpower on what's important.
> 
> My proposal would be a time-based release schedule. We can decide the
> Guile 2.0 release date now, and three or four micro releases before
> then. 

FWIW, I think the most imporant attribute of a 2.0 release is that it 
doesn't break the code by Guile's four big customers: Gnucash, 
GCC via Autogen,SND, and Lilypond.

-Mike Gran