Re: [Chicken-hackers] multiple issues in embedded PCRE

[felix winkelmann]

On Nov 22, 2007 11:04 PM, John Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
> Mario Domenech Goulart scripsit:
>
> > Stable releases => http://chicken.wiki.br/releases
>
> These may be stable in the sense that the bits in them, exept for the
> most recent instance, don't change: but they are not "stable releases"
> as generally understood.  They are not specially tested or debugged;
> about the only guarantee is that they do actually build.  They may not
> work with the current egg repository or anything else.

The tarballs get built from the release branch, which doesn't change
that frequently (a new release is badly needed, but there still is a bit of
work to do). It is very difficult to both react quickly to bug reports, and
otherwise provide stability.


cheers,
felix