>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tom> Actually, I'm in favor of this. There are some barriers to doing Tom> it, but nothing very hard. I don't think we'll do it with the Tom> next release though. Akim> I'm afraid it would become unmaintainable, with no means to really Akim> step forward. The dependencies between one and the other are due to Akim> history: there was no means for Automake to be independent of Akim> Autoconf: it had to know the Autoconf macros. It no longer does: as Akim> soon as --trace support is enabled, Automake becomes Autoconf Akim> independent (well, of course it needs 2.5x). I think that's only true as long as automake doesn't need to know about new autoconf facilities, or use new facilities in its own macros. I suspect in the long run it may be simpler for us to merge. That said, I think a "wait and see" approach is sensible. Tom
