Re: Automake maintenance

2017-01-04 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
current status, in which even the most basic >> patches, typofixes and bug reports get ignored. >> >>> Since my dayjob depends on Automake I could probably devote some >>> small but fixed amount of time to Automake maintenance. >>> >>> Best re

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

2017-01-04 Thread Thomas Martitz
get ignored. Since my dayjob depends on Automake I could probably devote some small but fixed amount of time to Automake maintenance. Best regards. Thank you for your interest and patience. Cheers, Stefano Okay. So I'm wondering about two more things: 1) What implications does it

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
With great responsibility comes great power (pun intended ;-) > 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 ignored. > Since my dayjob depends on Automake I could probably devote some > small but fixed amount of time to Automake maintenance. > > Best regards. > Thank you for your interest and patience. Cheers, Stefano