On 02/14/2013 08:10 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >>> A substantial blocker for converting large packages to non-recursive >>> builds will be eliminated. Considerable time and electricity will >>> be saved. >> >> By chance, do you plan to start using the feature in some package of >> yours, even before it lands in a released Automake version? I'm asking >> because it could be some months before the next minor (non-bug-fixing) >> Automake release. > > I might be convinced to test it with GraphicsMagick (presumably a > collection of sed substitutions would be sufficient to edit the Makefiles) > but would not want to release any software based on an unreleased Automake. > Of course. I was thinking more about an experimental branch where the new feature could be used (so that an unreleased Automake version would be required only to bootstrap that branch); and such a branch wouldn't be merged back into the "trunk" until the require feature has appeared in a released Automake.
Regards, Stefano