Re: 2.0.x branched!

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi Andy,

Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:
> [...] What I meant was that we should aim for a 2.2.0 release within a
> year ot two; and that in the meantime we should focus on consolidating
> our gains with the 2.0 series.  We need to get 2.0 into the distros,
> to see wider use of 2.0, and that will take a little time.
>
> I did not mean to discourage work on master, no.  I actually meant to
> encourage those changes that are compatible with 2.0 to go on the
> stable-2.0 branch.

Sounds reasonable.

>> What does this mean for my pending patches that support
>> arbitrary-precision floats and GOOPS-based numeric types?
>
> They would go on master, because they would probably be incompatible
> with 2.0.0.  Speaking of which, can you ask to be added to the Guile
> group on Savannah?  That will allow you to commit directly.  I would
> like for you to continue to mail your patches to the list before
> pushing, just to make sure we're all on the same page.  If everything
> goes well this would become less necessary over time.

Excellent!  I've just made the request on Savannah.  Of course I'll
continue to post patches and wait for feedback.

> I plan on being a little less responsive over the next couple months
> than I have been recently, so patience remains a virtue ;)

Certainly no one could fault you for that.  I've been amazed at how
quickly you've been reviewing non-trivial patches.  I wouldn't expect
anyone to keep that up for long :)

    Best,
     Mark