Dermot McCluskey wrote:
> George,
> 
> 
>> 1)  Will a new OSR is required?
> 
> You should talk to a PM.
> 
>> 2)  We currently have automake-1.9 and automake-1.10.  Can 1.11 
>> replace 1.10 or do we need to keep both?
> 
> SUNWgnu-automake-110 is an "Uncommitted" interface,
> so you'd need to follow the proper process if you
> want to remove it.
> 
> Also, you would need to test and be fairly confident
> that things that build with 1.10 still build with 1.11
> before removing 1.10.

So, it seems to make sense to do the 1.10.2 upgrade independently of 
anything involving 1.11.

> 
> 
>> 3)  Should we provide a plain automake command linked to one of the 
>> versioned commands, probably the latest?
> 
> That was the original plan when 1.9 and 1.10 were
> integrated, but there were objections to this during
> ARC, so it was decided to just go without the
> symlinks.  See PSARC/2007/293 for details.

Yeah, I saw that previous case.

> 
> If you want to try again can get the link added, I would
> support it.

I'd like to pursue it if we plan to add additional versions of automake. 
  Let me review the previous objections a little.

Thanks,
George

> 
> 
> - Dermot

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