Re: could we rename ice9

[Maciej Stachowiak <mstachow@mit.edu>]

mdj@nada.kth.se writes:
> Maciej Stachowiak <mstachow@mit.edu> writes:
> 
> > Now's probably a poor time for an incompatible change though...
> 
> You mean we should do this change when we get a new module system?
> 

I was more thinking in terms of doing it right after 1.3 rather than
right before, to minimize the bug fallout before the release.

> Otherwise, I usually find "as soon as possible" to be a good time for
> incompatible changes.  To do it before the 1.3 release could be a good
> idea, especially since we may have to wait some time for the new
> module system.
> 
> Personally, I'd prefer the ice-9 directory in the 1.3 release to have
> a different name, e.g., `core'.
> 
> Is anyone opposed to doing this now?
> 

My only objection is that it would require a lot of apps to do a fair
bit of work to work with Guile 1.3 all at the last minute; my general
opinion is that changes of this sort should happen earlier in the
release cycle.

> Does anyone have a better suggestion than `core'?

I'd rather have the prefix for otherwise uncategorized modules that
ship with Guile be `guile', but `core' is an OK name too.

 - Maciej