On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 04:32:07PM -0700, Alan Post wrote: > I'm suffering from priority inversion on this issue: jbogenturfa'i > requires the experimental branch to run[1][2], while one of it's > dependencies, sqlite3, won't run on the experimental branch.[3]
The fact your egg requires experimental means most people won't be able to run it. Those who will probably won't object to (temporarily) applying a patch; they're already running an "unstable" version of Chicken. Just provide instructions in the egg's documentation. > How has this situation been handled in the past? To my recollection this exact situation hasn't occurred before. Anyway, I wouldn't consider it too big an issue since most regular users are using release versions, or at best snapshot development versions. People interested in the bleeding edge are expecting possible breakage already, so I don't think it's that big a deal, really. If you are desperate and Thomas really can't cope with your pace of development you might perhaps want to negotiate (co-)maintainership of the egg with him, if he's open to that. Cheers, Peter -- http://sjamaan.ath.cx -- "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music." -- Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
