Re: 2.54 and 1.7

[Akim Demaille]

| On Thu Aug 01 14:30 2002 +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
| > This is against the idea of always producing self-contained tarballs
| > (selfcontainedness is also what frees us from huge version-dependency
| > mightmares of individual .m4 files).
| 
| I wonder if we couldn't address the version-dependency problem with a
| mechanism similar to AC_REQUIRE or AC_PREREQ...

I'm afraid this path leads to complex solutions where people will
spend even more time on Autoconf matters instead of hacking their
packages :(


| > So, my proposal is:
| > 
| > 1. disable this ``feature''
| > 2. release 2.53c asap
| > 3. release 1.6d asap
| > 4. wait
| > 5. release 2.54 and 1.7 (end of august or septembre)
| > 6. as soon as possible replace aclocal
| > 7. fix 2.54 and 1.7 bugs
| > 8. release 2.55 and 1.8
| > 
| > 2.55 and 1.8 will free us once for all from aclocal issues.
| > 
| > What do you people think?
| 
| How long would it be between 2.54 and 2.55?  If it's going to be a
| while, I'd really like to get this functionality fixed before the 2.54
| release, so that I can actually start using it.  I'm not sure what
| timing constrants there are for the automake 1.7 release, but if we
| can come to a consensus on what changes are needed, I'd be more than
| willing to put in the time and effort to implement them for 2.54.

That's great.  Then, let's disable this, and release 2.54 soon.