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[Maurizio Boriani <baux AT sourcemage.org>]

>>>>> "Ladislav" == Ladislav Hagara <ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz> writes:

    >> I'm working on guile 1.8 spell and it break compatibility with
    >> 1.6 (some 'module' which works with 1.6 doesn't works with 1.8)

    Ladislav> Some or all?  Do they work after recompiling with 1.8?
    Ladislav> If all spells are OK with 1.8 after recompiling, just
    Ladislav> update it and cleanse fixes it (sorcery system-udpate).
    Ladislav> Of course you can create UP_TRIGGERS.

modules developed for 1.6 MAY not works (depends on how are developed,
which primitives they use etc...) with 1.8, while modules developed
for 1.8 surely doesn't works with 1.6

    Ladislav> If some spells are not compatible with 1.8, I would add
    Ladislav> some choice to choose 1.6 (default) or 1.8. 

[...]

I think to add to all guile dependents software in grimoire a 
test which check guile version and print an alert if 1.8 is used/going
to use while guile spell will recast dependents modules upon upgrade.

For some modules (like mcron, guile-dbi etc...) there are two 
versions (one for guile 1.6 and one for 1.8) so in this case is easy...
but for others I plan to add only the warning message (waiting for 
news from the upstream maintainer)

thanks,

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