On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:47 PM, James Keenan via RT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to see if we can move this ticket toward resolution. I think
> that it has remained unresolved for so long because the original post
> originally called for two steps: (a) removal from Configure.pl of
> configuration steps which probed for features only used in specific
> language implementations; (b) development of a way to conduct such
> language-specific probes in the language directory trees after 'perl
> Configure.pl' and 'make' have been run.
>
> There were two specific steps cited for removal per (a): auto::python
> and auto::m4. By June of this year I had removed both of those from
> Parrot configuration.
>
> So that leaves us with (b). particle wrote: "languages/dotnet/ has its
> own configure.pl, and m4, plumhead, etc. should follow that model."
> Barney responded: "One thing that held me back from using something
> like 'dotnet/Configure.pl' was that 'dotnet/Configure.pl' currently
> needs to be explicitly called after the main 'Configure.pl' has run.
> This is bad for universal languages testing."
>
> And that's where discussion left off three months ago. I am
> recommending the following:
>
> (1) Mark this ticket resolved.
> (2) Conduct discussion on list or IRC as to the best architecture/model
> for language-specific probes.
> (3) Once we've come to such resolution on (2), open a new RT to
> implement what we've decided.
>
> particle, Barney: Any objections?
>
's fine with me.
~jerry
