I think that would be a mistake for the reason you give: it's often the case that an egg hasn't been updated in a long while because it's complete and nobody has found any bugs in it. Lisp/Scheme code tends to be extremely durable: McCarthy's theorem prover from 1958 is still runnable with only a few surface repairs.
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:45 PM, John Gabriele <jgabri...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Hi all, > > Haven't played around with scheme in a while, but recently was motivated > to take a peek at what eggs were currently available. I noticed at the [egg > index](http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-projects/egg-index-4.html) that > although there is much useful info provided (such as description, license, > and egg version), there are no egg release dates listed --- only the egg > version number. > > While I understand that some may be hesitant to display dates, since there > are likely many chicken eggs that are good but also were released some time > ago (and you may not want to give the impression that you've got old eggs), > it makes it difficult for new users to get an idea of what's current/active > vs possibly inactive. Date of the egg's release is just as important to see > as its version or other info, and also sends a clear message that the egg > index is more than just a showcase but is in fact *the* tool for finding > and selecting eggs. > > Does the egg packaging format support a field for release date? > > Thanks, > -- John > > _______________________________________________ > Chicken-users mailing list > Chicken-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users >
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