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Re: [FYI] {maint} tests: drop support for older Zsh shells
From: |
Stefano Lattarini |
Subject: |
Re: [FYI] {maint} tests: drop support for older Zsh shells |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:21:07 +0200 |
Hi Dave, thanks for the review.
On 06/23/2012 11:46 AM, Dave Hart wrote:
>
> [SNIP]
>
First of all, I've fixed all the nits you have pointed out, along your
suggestions. Thanks.
>
> Which released version numbers of Automake had the just-fixed Zsh
> compatibility bug?
>
Automake 1.12.
> I am trying to get a feel for how many people
> might have been exposed to justify the sentiment that support for
> older versions of Zsh is unwarranted.
>
There is another issue to consider here: several older versions of Zsh
in the 4.x series had a bug in handling of stderr redirection when
"set -x" was in effect, and this bug has been known to cause some
spurious errors in the Automake testsuite since at least Automake 1.11:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2009-08/msg00020.html>
No real user, maintainer or developer ever reported that bug, which
probably means that nobody is actually using Zsh to run the testsuite.
> Automake improvements can take
> some time to reach end users, as many maintainers of packages using it
> do not aggressively upgrade the latest release of Automake, but rather
> stick with whatever version they're using until a compelling
> improvement prompts an upgrade.
>
Regards,
Stefano