On 11 Dec 2021 15:42, Karl Berry wrote: > i tend to agree with this sentiment that the macro doesn't really fit > with automake's mission. and more importantly, i think the ecosystem > has grown significantly since the macro was first added back in 1996. > > I also agree, but I still wouldn't want to delete the macro and thus > gratuitously break people's working automake setups. People might well > have AM_WITH_DMALLOC left over from when they were debugging 20 years > ago. There is no reason to make them spend time thinking about it now, > IMHO -- even if all they have to do is remove it, that's too much to ask > for no actual gain. > > Instead, let's update the doc to recognize the situation. > Can you draft something, mentioning the other tools, along the lines of > what you wrote in this email? > > If anyone ever comes along with a need for dmalloc or to update the > macro (unlikely), we could go further then.
i think we can still mark it obsolete even if we don't plan on deleting it for a while. that should at least prevent new users from showing up, and slowly encourage people to remove existing usage. -mike
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