> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Robert Schwebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet: 13.02.07 22:18:34 > An: Aleksey Demakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [DotGNU] Build System Changes
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 06:19:09PM +0600, Aleksey Demakov wrote: > > What is exactly the need to require the latest versions of autotools? > > The latest is the greatest. They contain less bugs. The current automake > files in dotgnu clearly show that people try to workaround bugs which > obviously are not even documented enough that anybody remembers why the > workarounds are there :-) > > Golden Rule of Open Source (TM): If something doesn't work and you are > using an old version, use the latest and greatest and your problems > might magically go away. > > > I'd would rather stick to a more conservative approach of changing > > version requirements. Like if it becomes a really big maintenance > > burden to support a particular old version we might move the > > prerequisite version just past it. > > Do you have concrete arguments against the version set I mentioned? I > mean - I have no problem with another one if it is well argued, but it > has to be defined somehow, and if nobody sees real issues with the > latest and greatest - why not use it? > > I find it a little bit strange to use older and less sophisticated and > buggier versions with the argument of being conservative? > It's not only the argument being conservative but there are archs/operating systems where the newest versions are not available. (like autotools 1.7 on mingw for example). On my linux distro the latest version is autotools 1.9 and libtool 1.5.22. Klaus > Robert > -- > Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de > Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry > Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 > Hannoversche Str. 2, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany > Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-9 > > _______________________________________________ > Developers mailing list > [email protected] > http://dotgnu.org/mailman/listinfo/developers > _______________________________________________________________________ Viren-Scan für Ihren PC! Jetzt für jeden. Sofort, online und kostenlos. Gleich testen! http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/freescan/?mc=022222 _______________________________________________ Developers mailing list [email protected] http://dotgnu.org/mailman/listinfo/developers
