guile-2.x: what is the way forward

[Bill Nottingham]

Jan Synacek (jsynacek at redhat.com) said: 
> On 08/28/2012 08:17 PM, Debarshi Ray wrote:
> > The update to guile-2.x has been blocked for almost 1.5 years now:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678238
> > 
> > Long story short, existing programs are not ready to use guile-2.x, while newer
> > versions of aiselriot (part of GNOME) need it. Creating a compat-guile or a
> > guile2 package can be one way forward.
> > 
> > What do you think? Would be good to get this resolved finally.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Debarshi
> > 
> 
> I've been trying to patch some of the apps to compile with guile-2.x some time
> ago. Some of them compile, some of them even run.. With my limited knowledge of
> the guile API, I haven't finished all of them though. The good thing is that the
> upstream is very active and very willing to help.
> 
> I think that installing both versions in parallel (if possible) is a good way to
> go, but then the old programs won't ever get patched:) IMO the best way would be
> some kind of a compatibility layer in guile itself, but I don't think that's
> worth the trouble and the net gain for the upstream.

While I haven't checked recently, I believe the status for GnuCash is still
with guile-2.0 is "can be made to build, but it won't run."

Bill