Re: [PATCH] tests: add AM_PROG_AR to help losing archivers

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 02/01/2012 12:30 PM, Peter Rosin wrote:
>
> [SNIP]
>
> Stefano Lattarini skrev 2012-02-01 11:29:
>
>> Keeping maint and branch-1.11 very close was the plan initially, but we
>> (and I think it was you who pressed for this ;-) decided that the MSVC
>> stuff was better to be published in the 1.11.x line (although disabled
>> by default), rather than left as "vaporware" in master only.  I still
>> think that was a good decision, all in all.
> 
> Yes, I know I'm not innocent.  But you are not either,
>
Oh, absolutely not!  And I didn't intend to claim that; sorry if I gave
the impression of placing all the blame on you.

> you were the one pressing for hiding the warning making the msvc branch
> unsuitable for maint :-)
>
I stand by that decision BTW; it was necessary to minimize backward
incompatibility, and give the users a decent transition period.

> In hindsight, it should probably have been done differently,
> that's all.  But I still don't know how, given that msvc had already
> been merged into master in it's master incantation when the divergence
> originated (at least I think it had).
>
Yes, all of the present mess is the result of an unexpected backport.
We should try to be more careful with those in the future.  Still, I
believe that moving branch-1.11 to maint is a sane and good move.  I
will proceed to do so after I've finished the 1.11.3 release process,
unless you (or Jim) strongly objects.

Regards,
  Stefano