Re: libtool-2.0 release

2006-02-02 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Gary, Gary V. Vaughan writes: > > Is this patch really necessary for 2.0? No. > I think that introducing so > much code churn in to libtool at this stage is going to bring yet more > release delays. Surely the feature is useful and desireable, but I > really *really* want to avoid more delay

Re: libtool-2.0 release

2006-02-03 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Gary, Hallo Ralf! [Is the personal Cc: okay? The list lag is so long that I've gotten into the habit of Cc:ing you back in so you don't have to wait half a day to get this.] > > > > * LT_WITH_LTDL should build libltdl by default; currently > > > >nothing

Re: libtool-2.0 release

2006-02-03 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Gary, Hallo Ralf! > Gary V. Vaughan writes: >> Now is the time to branch! Either a feature branch for developing the >> per-deplib feature for merging after 2.0, or else a 2.0 branch that we >> can keep stable. > > No way, without me. I outright refuse to maintain a

Re: libtool-2.0 release

2006-02-03 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Gary, * Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 01:06:40PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > However, I have absolutely no problem with delaying the application of > > the per-deplibs-flags patch to shortly after 2.0.0 or 2.0.2. Although > > we should still commit both the `-static'

Re: libtool-2.0 release

2006-02-03 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 03:43:11PM CET: > > [Is the personal Cc: okay? The list lag is so long that I've gotten into > the habit of Cc:ing you back in so you don't have to wait half a day to > get this.] Yes, surely. There was one point in time where I fixed my gnu.org

Re: libtool-2.0 release

2006-02-03 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: It means that LT_WITH_LTDL in configure.ac that mentions neither LTDL_CONVENIENCE nor LTDL_INSTALLABLE doesn't build libltdl at all. I have a start to a fix for this. Well, so is that really a bug? AFAIK the 1.5 docs require you to use AC_LIB_LTDL, _

Re: libtool-2.0 release

2006-02-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Gary, * Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 01:06:40PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > - Makefile.am rules somewhere use GNU make 3.80 features. I have > > encountered many difficulties preventing autotools reruns on other > > systems, and am quite fed up with hunting these

libtool-2.0 release [WAS per-deplib static/dynamic flags]

2006-02-02 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hallo Ralf, Bob, Peter, Eric, Is this patch really necessary for 2.0? I think that introducing so much code churn in to libtool at this stage is going to bring yet more release delays. Surely the feature is useful and desireable, but I really *really* want to avoid more delays for 2.0. Now is t

Re: libtool-2.0 release [WAS per-deplib static/dynamic flags]

2006-02-02 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: According to: http://tkd.kicks-ass.net/GnuLibtoolProject/RoadMap, the three remaining release blockers for 2.0 are: * libtool.m4 macro ordering/requirement audit. pending * LT_WITH_LTDL should build libltdl by default; currently nothing happens