Re: [cc65] two little bugs

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:00:47PM +0200, Oliver Schmidt wrote:
> I'm far from having an overview but just the two changes
> a) startup code in library
> b) undef'ed functions trigger error
> imply quite some incompatibility compared to the latest official
> release. Especially a) means that I can't have a makefile working both
> with the latest release and the latest snapshot.

I didn't realize that to it's full extent, but you're right, I see your
problem.

> >From that perspective I'd suggest to create a new official cc65
> release to clearly define (and document) a) and b) as "the" cc65
> behaviour. Then one could change the makefiles instead of
> communicating statements like "but don't dare to use a snapshot" or
> "be sure to use the latest snapshot".

My plan for the next few months is a new cc65 release, but as usual it's not
as easy as it seems:

  * There should be a compelling reason for a new major release. Maybe I'm
    wrong, but I think, people expect that. Just "a few default behaviours
    changed" is not really enough.

  * There are a few things I want to go into a new release. Nothing big, a few
    days of coding and debugging anway. Unfortunately a day of coding cannot be
    replaced by 16 half hours, so I need real spare time.

  * Changing stuff (especially if code generation and optimizations are
    involved) is error prone. While I do understand that testing is difficult
    if there are incompatible changes, rushing out only loosely tested stuff
    gives me a bad feeling. Usually, bug reports start coming in when I
    release a new version. I'm still trying to find a way to get these bug
    reports *before* the release.

Regards


        Uz


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Ullrich von Bassewitz                                  uz@musoftware.de
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