Re: libtool 2.0 XXX

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Bob,

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:37:07PM CET:
> 
>>The "release" branch for libtool 2.0 was created many months ago. 
>>After that point there was an intense amount of testing and 
>>development added which had no business occuring on a release branch. 
>>As far as I know, the oodles of fixes placed on the 2.0 branch are 
>>also in the development head.
>>
>>Given recent history, what reasoning/evidence exists that the material 
>>on the 2.0 branch is more releasable or worthwile than the head 
>>development version? Should existing 2.0 be aborted in favor of 
>>starting fresh with the head development version?
> 
> FWIW: I do not have a strong opinion on this question.
> Let someone else decide.

branch-2-0 is missing a moderate number of interesting, but potentially
destabilizing patches that are on HEAD.  Nuking branch-2-0 would involve
an additional delay while any problems with those patches are shaken
out.  Lets just fix the known issues with branch-2-0 and put the release
out ASAP :-)

AFAIR, branch-2-0 needs fixes for serial number detection in libtoolize,
and a way to generate the libtool script before AC_OUTPUT before the
next alpha, and we are in good shape to release right?  Is there anything
else I've forgotten?

I should have net connectivity back on Feb 5, and will start work on
those issues then.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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