Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 2/4] [ng] subdir-objects: enable unconditionally

2012-06-08 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 06/08/2012 03:19 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Akim Demaille wrote: > >> >> Le 8 juin 2012 à 10:28, Stefano Lattarini a écrit : >> >>> Since we believe the behaviour enabled by the 'subdir-objects' >>> is the only natural and most useful one, we make it the only >>> only one

Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 2/4] [ng] subdir-objects: enable unconditionally

2012-06-08 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Eric. On 06/08/2012 03:24 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 06/08/2012 02:28 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> Since we believe the behaviour enabled by the 'subdir-objects' is >> the only natural and most useful one, we make it the only only one >> available, simplifying the Automake implementation

Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 2/4] [ng] subdir-objects: enable unconditionally

2012-06-08 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/08/2012 02:28 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Since we believe the behaviour enabled by the 'subdir-objects' > is the only natural and most useful one, we make it the only > only one available, simplifying the Automake implementation and > APIs a little in the process. I like it. Just to ma

Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 2/4] [ng] subdir-objects: enable unconditionally

2012-06-08 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Akim Demaille wrote: Le 8 juin 2012 à 10:28, Stefano Lattarini a écrit : Since we believe the behaviour enabled by the 'subdir-objects' is the only natural and most useful one, we make it the only only one available, simplifying the Automake implementation and APIs a littl

Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 2/4] [ng] subdir-objects: enable unconditionally

2012-06-08 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 06/08/2012 10:52 AM, Akim Demaille wrote: > > Le 8 juin 2012 à 10:28, Stefano Lattarini a écrit : > >> Since we believe the behaviour enabled by the 'subdir-objects' >> is the only natural and most useful one, we make it the only >> only one available, simplifying the Automake implementation a

Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 2/4] [ng] subdir-objects: enable unconditionally

2012-06-08 Thread Akim Demaille
Le 8 juin 2012 à 10:28, Stefano Lattarini a écrit : > Since we believe the behaviour enabled by the 'subdir-objects' > is the only natural and most useful one, we make it the only > only one available, simplifying the Automake implementation and > APIs a little in the process. Excellent idea. N

[Automake-NG] [PATCH 2/4] [ng] subdir-objects: enable unconditionally

2012-06-08 Thread Stefano Lattarini
The fact that Automake-generated Makefiles places compiled object files in the current directory by default, also when the corresponding source file is in a subdirectory, is basically an historical accident, due to the fact that the 'subdir-objects' option had only been introduced in April 1999, st