Re: [Guile-commits] GNU Guile branch, stable-2.0, updated. v2.0.0-124-g5f0d295

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:

> On Fri 25 Mar 2011 18:58, address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> "Andy Wingo" <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>>     bdw-gc 6.8 compatibility (hopefully)
>>
>> Aarrrgh.  The intent has always been to support 7.x only (bdw-gc.h has
>> compatibility stuff for historical reasons), which is already enough
>> work.  ;-)  The README and various responses we posted in the past are
>> consistent.
>>
>> WDYT?

[...]

> In short, it doesn't much matter to me :)  We can program to the 7.x
> interfaces, and if people want to use old buggy software, then we tell
> them to upgrade.  But if it keeps working, no problem, right?

Well, I think it’s an additional burden on us.  GC bugs are hard to test
and debug as you know ;-), so if we add more variability, then we may
get stuck in a GC debugging loop.

Not to mention that 6.8 is slower.

Thanks,
Ludo’.