On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:26:34PM +0100, Marco Baringer wrote:
Fred Gilham gilham@csl.sri.com writes:
As a long time Slime fan, I am wondering if it would be possible to get the slime developers to start making releases? Right now the operating
I'd also like to voice my support for more official Slime releases - I've been using Slime 2.0 for a while and I'd love to see some of the recent work, but I'd feel a lot more comfortable upgrading to a release.
who's to say upgrading from version 2.0 to 2.1 (or whatever) wouldn't create problems for you? i'm not trying to be a smart ass here, i'm just saying that it'd be no less painful to update from one version to another than it is to do a cvs up every now and then.
2.0 -> 2.1 might create problems for me, but those problems are more likely to be caused by changes that are meant to be there, and hopefully would be indicated in the release notes. HEAD is so dynamic, and I've seen references on the list to things that are "currently broken in CVS". When you download a point release, you know that as far as the authors know, everything works.
Also, I've had problems finding versions of sbcl, Slime, and clsql that all play well with each other and my code; it's easier when I can nail down a definite version number instead of trying to deal with a moving target.
I know I'm on a devel list talking about an end-user issue, but frequent releases would enable me and other "frequent user, rare contributers" to stay more current with the latest code. I would feel more inclined to investigate problems and submit patches if I knew I was working on something that was stable, but close to HEAD.
-A