On Tue, 2023-01-24 at 11:47 -0700, Anthony Fok wrote: > > I'd be very hesitant to include Guile 2.2 in bookworm since I believe > > it's explicitly not supported upstream and hasn't had a single commit > > in over two years. > > > > If there's any chance LilyPond will support something newer in a > > reasonable time-frame, I might suggest just waiting, and then > > introducing the new version via backports. > > > > But I don't really understand the situation and constraints. > > The LilyPond development team actually values Debian very much, and > has specifically contacted me (the current maintainer of the LilyPond > package), and carefully planned and timed the LilyPond v2.24.0 release > to be just right for the Debian 12 bookworm release. Unfortunately, > Guile-3.0 is still problematic for the just-released LilyPond v2.24.0, > especially concerning cross-platform compatibility, so much so that > the LilyPond development team is pleading us to keep Guile-2.2 in > Debian just a while longer. > > > That said, I won't oppose reintroducing 2.2, as long as I'm not > > responsible for it, and you're willing to herd all the cats to get it > > removed again as soon as possible. That was a good bit of work I'd > > prefer not to repeat. > > Thank you so much for your understanding! > Yes, I'll be more than willing to take on the responsibility of > getting guile-2.2 removed from Debian 13 trixie as soon as LilyPond is > ready. > Your hard work in getting guile-2.2 removed from bookworm means that > almost all other software packages have migrated to guile-3.0, with > lilypond being the only odd one out.
Thanks for pushing to get guile-2.2 back into Debian and LilyPond 2.24.0 packaged for Debian Bookworm, much appreciated. Regarding maintenance of Guile 2.2, we are probably in this together since our official binaries use it as well... Another question for planning would be regarding Debian's freeze: What would be the last date that you could possibly pick up a bug fix release 2.24.1 of LilyPond? There are no concrete plans yet, but if you say that it is possible and somehow fits the schedule, we might go for it. Cheers, Jonas
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