Re: 1.9.1 checklist

2009-05-28 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello! Neil Jerram n...@ossau.uklinux.net writes: As regards the mechanics of releasing: recently Ludovic has handled that. Will you be OK to continue doing the releases to Andy's proposed schedule, Ludo; or Andy are you proposing to handle the release process yourself instead? FWIW, I'm

Re: 1.9.1 checklist

2009-05-28 Thread Andy Wingo
Hello! On Thu 28 May 2009 15:01, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: For 2.0, though, I think it may be wiser to let Andy take care of it, if he wants to: he's been more responsive than me, and he's the 2.x guy after all. ;-) Andy: what do you think? (I'm happy to take care of it if

Re: 1.9.1 checklist

2009-05-28 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi! Andy Wingo wi...@pobox.com writes: Yes. We probably would need the longer freeze (of 10 days) to get the docs and NEWS and things in shape for this one, meaning no new code should go in between the 5th and the 15th, just testing and doc updates and regression fixes. Sound good to you?

Re: 1.9.1 checklist

2009-05-28 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Andy Wingo wi...@pobox.com writes: To be honest, I'd rather not [have to] handle release mechanics -- while I can do it, I would be more than happy for you to keep handling releases, Ludovic. Fine with me. I'll do my best to be available on the 14th-15th of each month, then. Or perhaps we

Re: 1.9.1 checklist

2009-05-27 Thread Neil Jerram
Andy Wingo wi...@pobox.com writes: 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. August in Europe is rather slow, and September people are catching up, so I would propose October 15 for Guile

Re: 1.9.1 checklist

2009-05-26 Thread Julian Graham
Hi Andy,  R6RS library support:   No code yet. Julian? :-) Yeah... As I mentioned on IRC, I punted temporarily on that while I was rewriting the parser for my CSS library. Just yesterday, though, I started doing some initial work towards adding version information to modules and the

Re: 1.9.1 checklist

2009-05-26 Thread 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

Re: 1.9.1 checklist

2009-05-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Andy! This all sounds like an excellent plan to me! In practice, that would mean making the first release on June 15th, right? Ludo'.