On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 11:44:09AM -0400, Olivier Dion wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jul 2024, Lassi Kortela <la...@lassi.io> wrote:
[...] > > If the (guile ...) names are adopted, I suggest you keep the existing > > (ice-9 ...) libraries indefinitely but no longer advertise them in the > > manual. > > I concur. We can keep ice-9 indefinitely for backward support but also > because it is a piece of Guile history. Even when Guile 4 is out, I > think ice-9 should be kept to ease transition from 3 to 4. At the same > time, major version bumping also mean API breakage .. so it might be a > good opportunity. To me, this makes most sense. > However, if a (guile ...) hierarchy is introduced, all mentions to > ice-9, except the historical note, ought to be removed from the manual. Well -- perhaps except an explicit mention as a "historical term" (with index entry) to help people understand/fix old code... Cheers -- t
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