bug#13351: [IMPORTANT] Dropping support for split '.info' files in mainline Automake

2013-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Thien-Thi, thanks for the feedback. On 01/04/2013 03:07 PM, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > () Stefano Lattarini > () Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:53:21 +0100 > >Thoughts, opinions, objections? > > I support making ‘--no-split’ the default. But if the package end-user > can override that, how can Auto

bug#13351: [IMPORTANT] Dropping support for split '.info' files in mainline Automake

2013-01-04 Thread Thien-Thi Nguyen
() Stefano Lattarini () Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:53:21 +0100 Thoughts, opinions, objections? I support making ‘--no-split’ the default. But if the package end-user can override that, how can Automake drop support for it? -- Thien-Thi Nguyen . GPG key: 4C80750

bug#13355: Deprecating and removing the 'mkinstalldir' script

2013-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Severity: wishlist The 'mksintalldirs' script has been by long superseded by "install-sh -d", has already deprecated in the documentation, and already removed in AUtomake-NG. I'd like to remove it in future Automake versions. However, we must first find a viable way to non-fatally deprecate it