bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2012-04-02 21:42, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Hi Peter, thanks for the feedback. But I fear we have a misunderstanding > here. See below. > > On 04/02/2012 08:14 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> On 2012-04-02 18:13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >>> Severity: wishlist >>> thanks >>> >>> Hello Automakers.

bug#11155: when cross-compiling with LT_INIT([win32-dll]) wrappers are installed instead of real programs

2012-04-02 Thread Marcin Wojdyr
automake 1.11.1, autoconf 2.68, libtool 2.4, Fedora 16 I'm cross-compiling a project that has LT_INIT([win32-dll]) and has programs as well as libraries. After "make" I have programs (.exe) as well as libraries in .libs/ "make install" installs libraries from .libs: libtool: install: /usr/bin/in

bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Stefano Lattarini wrote: ... > WDYT? If you agree, I can apply the change below to HACKING, and > implement the new branching policy starting from the Automke 1.12 > release. I agree. IMHO, you won't go wrong following git.git's example. > diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING ... > +* The Automake git

bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: Stefano> True, and that was even stated in the manual; the whole point Stefano> of ditching support for cygnus trees is that by now those two Stefano> big users are basically not making any real use of the 'cygnus' Stefano> option anymore. To quote my

bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: Stefano> Note there's nothing I'm planning to do, nor I should do, in Stefano> this regard: the two setups described above are both already Stefano> supported by the current automake implementation (but the last Stefano> one is not encouraged, even tho

bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2012-04-02 18:13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Severity: wishlist > thanks > > Hello Automakers. > > After some real hand-on experience with the current branching policy > of Automake, I'm convinced the presence of the 'branch-X.Y' branches > is just an annoyance and a source of confusion, and t

bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Severity: wishlist thanks Hello Automakers. After some real hand-on experience with the current branching policy of Automake, I'm convinced the presence of the 'branch-X.Y' branches is just an annoyance and a source of confusion, and that a better policy would be to simply have a 'maint' branch (