Autotools is still supported for versions <= 3.9.x. Not being an autotools expert, I was concerned about breaking something. And since this is an optional tool, it wasn't clear that it would be needed in packages. However, I can see that might be desirable. So maybe autotools build is needed.
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 4:14 PM Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> wrote: > > Martin Davis <mtncl...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I'm thinking about committing back-ported versions of geosop to 3.9, 3.8 > > and 3.7. > > > > Any objections? And any further objections if I don't bother with the > > autotools build setup? > > The pkgsrc packge for geos is at at 3.9.1, which I think is current, and > is using configure. > > I really don't follow your question. Has there been a formal withdrawal > of the autotools build? If so, then it follows that it is not supported > and presumably would be removed. If not, it seems out of the question > to commit something that doesn't work right with it. And, it would > seem very surprising to withdraw a build system on a stable branch. > > Looking, 3.9.1's INSTALL says autotools works. So committing something > to the 3.9 branch that breaks that seems not ok. > > I feel like I must be missing something. >
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