Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-12 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello Thomas, Thomas Martitz writes: > Am 07.03.2017 um 18:44 schrieb Mathieu Lirzin: > >> Sorry, but I am still not convinced. While I agree it is only a small >> change regarding the amount of code, this new option has to be >> documented and maintained. Beyond optimizing the support of recu

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-07 Thread Thomas Martitz
Hello Mathieu, thank you for your timely reactions. This is really positive after trying to get any feedback for over a year. Am 07.03.2017 um 18:44 schrieb Mathieu Lirzin: Hello Thomas, Thomas Martitz writes: Am 03.03.2017 um 16:06 schrieb Mathieu Lirzin: Thomas Martitz writes: My u

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-07 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello Thomas, Thomas Martitz writes: > Am 03.03.2017 um 16:06 schrieb Mathieu Lirzin: >> >> Thomas Martitz writes: >> >>> My use case is to make use of non-recursive Automake for faster build >>> times and global dependencies, while also generate subdirectory >>> Makefiles for the convenience o

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-06 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 03.03.2017 um 16:06 schrieb Mathieu Lirzin: Hello, Thomas Martitz writes: My use case is to make use of non-recursive Automake for faster build times and global dependencies, while also generate subdirectory Makefiles for the convenience of my co-workers, so that they can keep running make

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-03 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello, Thomas Martitz writes: > My use case is to make use of non-recursive Automake for faster build > times and global dependencies, while also generate subdirectory > Makefiles for the convenience of my co-workers, so that they can keep > running make only in the directories they work in (the

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-03 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 03.03.2017 um 10:19 schrieb Mathieu Lirzin: Thomas Martitz writes: Maybe I have to explain my use case better? Is it not clear to you? Yes this is not clear to me. :) A concrete example will hopefully help. Thanks. Here we go. My use case is to make use of non-recursive Automake fo

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-03 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Thomas Martitz writes: > Am 02.03.2017 um 18:47 schrieb Mathieu Lirzin: >> Hello Thomas, >> >> Thomas Martitz writes: >> >>> Am 16.01.2017 um 13:56 schrieb Thomas Martitz:Hello Jim and other folks, This is a friendly reminder. I've added a test suite to the patch. Please review. >

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-02 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 02.03.2017 um 18:47 schrieb Mathieu Lirzin: Hello Thomas, Thomas Martitz writes: Am 16.01.2017 um 13:56 schrieb Thomas Martitz:Hello Jim and other folks, This is a friendly reminder. I've added a test suite to the patch. Please review. Thank you and best regards, Thomas Martitz this

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-02 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello Thomas, Thomas Martitz writes: > Am 16.01.2017 um 13:56 schrieb Thomas Martitz:Hello Jim and other folks, >> >> This is a friendly reminder. I've added a test suite to the >> patch. Please review. >> >> Thank you and best regards, >> Thomas Martitz >> > > this is one more friendly reminder

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-03-01 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 16.01.2017 um 13:56 schrieb Thomas Martitz:Hello Jim and other folks, This is a friendly reminder. I've added a test suite to the patch. Please review. Thank you and best regards, Thomas Martitz Hello, this is one more friendly reminder. Please review my patch set. Thank you and best

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-02-08 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 16.01.2017 um 13:56 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 06.01.2017 um 16:33 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 05.01.2017 um 15:31 schrieb Jim Meyering: On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Thomas Martitz wrote: This option is intended to be used in conjunction with subdir-objects and Automake-time substituti

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-01-16 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 06.01.2017 um 16:33 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 05.01.2017 um 15:31 schrieb Jim Meyering: On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Thomas Martitz wrote: This option is intended to be used in conjunction with subdir-objects and Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments (%C%, %D%).

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-01-06 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 05.01.2017 um 15:31 schrieb Jim Meyering: On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Thomas Martitz wrote: This option is intended to be used in conjunction with subdir-objects and Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments (%C%, %D%). Enabling the option shortens the file name of ob

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-01-05 Thread Jim Meyering
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Thomas Martitz wrote: > This option is intended to be used in conjunction with subdir-objects and > Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments (%C%, %D%). > Enabling the option shortens the file name of object files such that the > prefix > derive

Re: Automake maintenance (was: Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname)

2017-01-04 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 03.01.2017 um 21:24 schrieb Stefano Lattarini: On the other hand, any maintainer is better than no maintainer. Absolutely! Even just having someone operating in maintenance mode would be far better than the current status, in which even the most basic patches, typofixes and bug reports get

Re: Automake maintenance (was: Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname)

2017-01-03 Thread Karl Berry
1. I'm no longer involved with GNU infrastructure work at all. (Write maintain...@gnu.org to reach the people doing that stuff now, primarily Brandon Invergo.) But I will comment anyway. 2. Jim (Meyering) is currently the only active maintainer of Automake. Given that he is also responsible for

Automake maintenance (was: Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname)

2017-01-03 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Thomas, everyone (in particular Karl Berry, who I'm +cc'ing explicitly). Here come the 2 cents from the former maintainer (that is, me :-) ... On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Thomas Martitz wrote: > Am 22.12.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Paul Eggert: >> >> On 12/22/2016 06:38 AM, Thomas Martitz wrote

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2017-01-03 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 22.12.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Paul Eggert: On 12/22/2016 06:38 AM, Thomas Martitz wrote: this is one more attempt to get my patch reviewed. Can I assist in any way? Well, what we really need is an Automake maintainer, to do this sort of review work. Is that something you'd be willing to do

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-12-26 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello, Paul Eggert writes: > On 12/22/2016 06:38 AM, Thomas Martitz wrote: >> this is one more attempt to get my patch reviewed. Can I assist in >> any way? > > Well, what we really need is an Automake maintainer, to do this sort > of review work. Is that something you'd be willing to do (and b

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-12-22 Thread Paul Eggert
On 12/22/2016 06:38 AM, Thomas Martitz wrote: this is one more attempt to get my patch reviewed. Can I assist in any way? Well, what we really need is an Automake maintainer, to do this sort of review work. Is that something you'd be willing to do (and be qualified for)? It's not a job to be

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-12-22 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 04.10.2016 um 09:49 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 09.09.2016 um 10:54 schrieb Paul Eggert: Thomas Martitz wrote: I thought you'd review and merge. It might be me at some point. Just not today, I'm afraid. Hello, I just wanted to re-new my review request. If there is still anything wrong

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-11-22 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 21.11.2016 um 09:57 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 25.10.2016 um 11:11 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 04.10.2016 um 09:49 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 09.09.2016 um 10:54 schrieb Paul Eggert: Thomas Martitz wrote: I thought you'd review and merge. It might be me at some point. Just not today, I'm

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-11-21 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 25.10.2016 um 11:11 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 04.10.2016 um 09:49 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 09.09.2016 um 10:54 schrieb Paul Eggert: Thomas Martitz wrote: I thought you'd review and merge. It might be me at some point. Just not today, I'm afraid. This is another ping. Please review

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-10-25 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 04.10.2016 um 09:49 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 09.09.2016 um 10:54 schrieb Paul Eggert: Thomas Martitz wrote: I thought you'd review and merge. It might be me at some point. Just not today, I'm afraid. Hello, I just wanted to re-new my review request. If there is still anything wrong

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-10-04 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 09.09.2016 um 10:54 schrieb Paul Eggert: Thomas Martitz wrote: I thought you'd review and merge. It might be me at some point. Just not today, I'm afraid. Hello, I just wanted to re-new my review request. If there is still anything wrong with my patch, please let me know. The copyrig

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-09-09 Thread Paul Eggert
Thomas Martitz wrote: I thought you'd review and merge. It might be me at some point. Just not today, I'm afraid.

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-09-09 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 09.09.2016 um 09:14 schrieb Paul Eggert: Thomas Martitz wrote: Please tell me if there's anything left for me to do? Not that I know of; someone needs to free up enough cycles to review it, that's all. Oh. I thought you'd review and merge. Who else can do it? Everyone else is inactive

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-09-09 Thread Paul Eggert
Thomas Martitz wrote: Please tell me if there's anything left for me to do? Not that I know of; someone needs to free up enough cycles to review it, that's all.

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-09-08 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 04.09.2016 um 21:54 schrieb Thomas Martitz: Am 29.08.2016 um 23:05 schrieb Thomas Martitz: This option is intended to be used in conjunction with subdir-objects and Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments (%C%, %D%). Enabling the option shortens the file name of object fi

Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-09-04 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 29.08.2016 um 23:05 schrieb Thomas Martitz: This option is intended to be used in conjunction with subdir-objects and Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments (%C%, %D%). Enabling the option shortens the file name of object files such that the prefix derived (after canonica

[PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

2016-08-29 Thread Thomas Martitz
This option is intended to be used in conjunction with subdir-objects and Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments (%C%, %D%). Enabling the option shortens the file name of object files such that the prefix derived (after canonicalization) from the path is not included. Enabl