a request for the next 1.8.* version

[Thomas Bushnell BSG]

Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> writes:

> > We just had two releases of 1.8 in a row to fix bugs; gnucash *cannot*
> > build on mips due purely to the way-way-way out-of-date build tools,
> > and using even newer versions of the old versions of the build tools
> > invariably breaks the build system and causes pain.
> 
> It doesn't build on 6502, either.  Your point?  I'm sure there are
> lots of platforms gnucash doesn't work on.  gnucash 1.8 is old code.
> We're still maintaining it some, but that's not the focus of
> development.

The problem on mips is a trivial one: gnucash works on mips, it's a
minor build system problem that prevents it.  

> 1.8?  Unlikely.  As you said, using newer versions of the build tools
> invariably breaks the build system and causes pain.  1.8 is supposed
> to be _STABLE_ -- breaking the build is inherently unstable.  We had a
> pair of releases in a row because we had a real data corruption
> problem.  Data corruption != build problem on some random
> way-out-there platforms.

Ok, I understand.