Hi Bill.
> I can certainly wait a few more days to do another build. I might have a
> few minor things to check in anyway.
Ok. I believe that I have now successfully fixed the type-checker issue.
> As a side note, it's probably worth mentioning that I'm not opposed to
> doing 7.8 releases on a more frequent basis; in fact, I'd almost prefer to
> do a quarterly release rather than prepare an ongoing series of betas. I
> say this not only because it's been so long since an official release, but
> also because I feel as though people lose interest in looking at betas if
> they don't see a light (release) at the end of the tunnel.
Agreed.
> Or, put another way: once we're rolling toward what would otherwise be an
> official release, I don't think that fixing a bug alone is reason enough
> to cut a new beta, unless it's a regression. Of course, that's assuming
> that one can count on the fix going out in a timely next release (which
> is a situation I'd like to get back to).
The issue I just fixed could be triggered by some of the standard
modules (depending on C-compiler and context) and caused the compiler
to SEGV due to running out of C-stack. I believe that SEGV bugs are
critical enough to hold up a release. Otherwise I certainly agree that
we should attempt to release quite a bit more often.
/grubba
