Am Samstag, den 07.03.2020, 10:37 +0100 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
> >>> Is there anybody who recently built with a non-system version of
> 
> >>> Guile-1.8 intentionally?
> 
> >>
> 
> >> I do this all the time.
> 
> > 
> 
> > So how did you do it last week?
> 
> 
> I updated my build script, see below.  Note that I install texi2html
> 1.82 and guile 1.8.8 in `/uar/local/opt`.
> 
> >> Usually, I try to insist on good documentation if people implement
> 
> >> stuff differently.  This time it slipped my attention that
> 
> >> Han-Wen's changes w.r.t. pkg-config are not properly described.
> 
> > 
> 
> > In this case, I don't think it is sufficient to add documentation
> 
> > somewhere (though necessary).  People also need to get guided there
> 
> > instead of stealthily making previously working options do nothing.
> 
> 
> As I said: I believe the proper action is to make LilyPond's
> `configure` script emit a warning if it finds GUILE_CONFIG set.

I disagree: Why do we have to keep everything compatible for a new
*major* release like it used to be in the past? That's very prohibitive
of any substantial change.

Jonas

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