On 8/25/22 09:53, dmitrii.pasech...@cs.ox.ac.uk wrote:
I don't think this is how gnulib is usually used, and that's why regular releases are badly needed.
It's how Gnulib developers (who do maintain other packages) usually use Gnulib. You're welcome to use releases if you like, though it's not recommended. If you want regular releases you can of course create them yourselves (again, not recommended by Gnulib developers).
We are in fact having a fight now over whether to check in the iconv pieces produced by gnulib-tool into the source tree, or call gnulib-tool at bootstrap. https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/34152
I haven't looked at that. However, if there's a fight, and if people tend to want old Gnulib code even if it's buggy (so long as it's "stable"), then you might be better off committing the iconv pieces.
