On 07/19/2012 08:03 AM, John Joganic wrote: > Follow-up Comment #2, bug #36881 (project make): > > Thank you for the information. > > I must say that I'm rather concerned that fundamental syntax has changed with > no mention in the manual. > AFAIU, the manual, being a reference manual, is just a description of the current behaviours and semantics of the GNU make program. It does not and should not describe how GNU make changed through the years. For that, there is the NEWS file (which seems very clear and comprehensive in the case of GNU make).
> Many documentation efforts are comprehensive, indicating after what version > specific features were added. > Maybe the GNU make NEWS file could be made easily available on line, and referenced from the manual? > Few projects > would ever risk a change to the syntax for something as minor as a point > release. > But the 3.81 -> 3.82 bump represents a new major release. A new point release would have been something like "3.81.1". > I certainly hope that whoever felt so strongly about that equal sign > made absolutely certain that 3.82 is also backwards compatible with 3.81. > > Regards. > -John > Regards, Stefano _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
