Follow-up Comment #8, bug #58364 (project make):
I agree that it is unfortunate and these things can happen.
The "breaking change" was due to the extra number of output lines (and for
CMake) with a different syntax and might break automatic scripts.
I also think that CMake is widely used but the
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #58364 (project make):
It is unfortunate, but the change (don't allow .SILENT to be passed down to
submakes) was not understood to have this side-effect for --no-print-directory
until after the release; I've not received any reports from anyone about this
as an issue exce
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #58364 (project make):
It is indeed hard to communicate the breaking change to the users / community
when it is not in the initial NEWS file. I don't think there isn't a lot that
can be done.
The current way it is in the, to be released, NEWS file is in my opinion not
an