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Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility? |
Date: |
Tue, 09 May 2006 19:49:49 -0700 |
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Noah Misch <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 05:26:12PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>> [2.59 -> 2.60 transition]
>> Does anyone have input on whether these changes are cumulatively
>> important enough to break much software?
>
> We tried to preserve compatibility fairly well. If a change broke several
> existing `configure.ac', I would rather fix the problem and release Autoconf
> 2.61 than recommend dual distribution of Autoconf 2.59 and Autoconf 2.60.
That is good news.
One option open to me is to package and upload a 2.59 pre-release
to Debian "unstable". I imagine that this would lead to more
widespread testing of the pre-release, which might work to catch
incompatibilities in advance of the final 2.60 release.
Any comments on whether this is a good idea?
--
Ben Pfaff
email: address@hidden
web: http://benpfaff.org
- expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Ben Pfaff, 2006/05/09
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Noah Misch, 2006/05/09
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?,
Ben Pfaff <=
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Ben Pfaff, 2006/05/09
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Eric Blake, 2006/05/10
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Paul Eggert, 2006/05/10
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/05/10
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Ben Pfaff, 2006/05/10
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Ben Pfaff, 2006/05/13
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Paul Eggert, 2006/05/14
- Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Ben Pfaff, 2006/05/14
Re: expected Autoconf 2.59 <-> 2.60 compatibility?, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/05/10