Re: [PATCH 2/3] ylwrap: simplify the list of renamings

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 07/13/2012 03:06 PM, Jack Kelly wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Le 12 juil. 2012 à 17:51, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :
>>> Also, taking a step back, we might ask: do we actually need continuing to
>>> support DOS?  We see that doing so might (as in this case) add an extra
>>> burden on the developers, for no real advantage IMHO (DJGPP user base today
>>> is ... what, 20 people?), and without any chance for the changes to be
>>> properly tested anyway (who is testing or using Automake on DJGPP)?
>>>
>>> Just thinking aloud here; do not consider this as a blocker of your patch
>>> (which is still ACK'd), just a suggestion to myself as well as to others
>>> for possible further changes.
>>
>> I have absolutely no opinion here.  That's something that's part of
>> Automake specifications.
> 
> Just to add some context to this discussion, DJGPP just released an
> update to GCC 4.7.1:
> http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=5109&id=308612
> 
Thanks for the reference.  However, what I'm really interested in is
not whether DJGPP is still maintained, but how widespread is its use.
That's unfortunately much more difficult to determine.

Regards,
  Stefano