Re: [PATCH 1/5] Drop support for 'configure.in' as the Autoconf input file

On 01/27/2013 11:16 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: > In e.g. the Cygwin case, it is often *required* that packages get > re-bootstrapped for them to work correctly, especially if they have been > bootstrapped with old tools. I even think cygport (the tool used to > package most stuff for Cygwin) by default

Re: bug#13435: Please don't kill DJGPP support...

On 01/23/2013 01:16 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Reference: > > > On 01/14/2013 11:29 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: >> >> Stefano Lattarini wrote: >>> >>> Well, then it appear we might actually have no problems in keeping DJGPP >>> support. If the ne

SGI/IRIX support (was: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Drop support for 'configure.in' as the Autoconf input file)

On 01/28/2013 12:36 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: > > [SNIP] > > [re SGI support] > >>> What do you gain by the zap? >>> >> Not shipping broken code, and not having to debug/fix it for the >> benefit of a vanishingly-small user base. > > I agree, the zap is ok. But the rationale in NEWS comes out > all