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Guile-wm +Guile-xcb patches (updates, urls,etc)

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From: Kei Kebreau <kkebreau <at> posteo.net>
To: ng0 <ng0 <at> n0.is>
Cc: 29569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29569] Guile-wm +Guile-xcb patches (updates, urls,etc)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 11:34:41 -0500

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ng0 <ng0 <at> n0.is> writes:

> So,
>
> I've updated to the latest commits in the hope that it would
> fix the problem I have where guile-wm keeps crashing.
>
> It's my first couple of hours with guile-wm and I don't know
> the code yet, so I'll look into it why none of the recent commits
> fixed it (while the messages said they should).
>
> The state of it is as before. I doubt Guile-wm is stable as it
> is in our master.
> There are some changes. Like upstream made building with
> Guile 2.2 an option, the original home page is gone, development
> happens on github, etc.
> I've made the change to use 2.2 a commit on its own.
> I'll contribute a fix to upstream as soon as I can which will
> address the fact that their build system picks 2.2 even when 2.0
> is given. This should not happen.
>
> Nice project, with some more work it could replace scrotwm for me.
>
> Rntime crashes (like we have them now) would be good to get
> automated tests for these, simulating garbage keystrokes etc.
> Long store short, here are 5 patches and I'll contact the
> upstream developer soon.

LGTM! Pushed to master.

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