> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:34:02 -0300 > From: David Pirotte <da...@altosw.be> > Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org > > nice to see progress on MinGW, congrat!
Thanks. > > > * configure.ac: Adding a copyright; bumping prereq -> 2.69 > > > Why is that a good idea? > > Why not? > 2.69 is the latest stable, available since April 2012 > > > Are there any features Guile needs that older versions don't support? > > It is not a just question of feature, but about running the same version [or > higher] > then the one used to check, distcheck... Why would we want to even try to > support any > previous version but the latest stable here? Because people might have older versions installed, and it's a nuisance to have to upgrade unrelated tools in your development environment just because you need to build a newer version of Guile. Besides, other packages might required older versions. > Autotool chain related issue/bugs can be very tedious to track down and > solve, and > requiring users to install the latest stable versions, guarantee they won't > have any > surprise on that side, and saves us precious time, we have other things to do. If there are known problems with older versions that get in the way, I agree. Are there? If there are no known problems that interfere with maintaining Guile, I think refraining from the above will be nicer to our users.
