Re: guile-2.x: what is the way forward

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On 08/28/2012 08:17 PM, Debarshi Ray wrote:
> The update to guile-2.x has been blocked for almost 1.5 years now:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678238
> 
> Long story short, existing programs are not ready to use guile-2.x, while newer
> versions of aiselriot (part of GNOME) need it. Creating a compat-guile or a
> guile2 package can be one way forward.
> 
> What do you think? Would be good to get this resolved finally.
> 
> Thanks,
> Debarshi
> 

I've been trying to patch some of the apps to compile with guile-2.x some time
ago. Some of them compile, some of them even run.. With my limited knowledge of
the guile API, I haven't finished all of them though. The good thing is that the
upstream is very active and very willing to help.

I think that installing both versions in parallel (if possible) is a good way to
go, but then the old programs won't ever get patched:) IMO the best way would be
some kind of a compatibility layer in guile itself, but I don't think that's
worth the trouble and the net gain for the upstream.

-- 
Jan Synacek
Software Engineer, BaseOS team Brno, Red Hat
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