Re: [PATCH] {maint} Deprecate de-ansification support, it should go away in automake 1.12

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Thursday 16 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On Thursday 16 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > Hi Bob.
> > 
> > On Thursday 16 June 2011, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > > >>
> > > > Problem: it seems that there are few (and luckily only few) active 
> > > > packages
> > > > that still use the `ansi2knr' option:
> > > > 1. The latest version (8c) of the libjpeg implementation from IJG 
> > > > (Independent
> > > >    JPEG Group, <http://www.ijg.org/>); see the `configure.ac' file from 
> > > > the
> > > >    archive <http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v8c.tar.gz>
> > > 
> > > I created most of the libjpeg build configury.  The official 
> > > maintainer (Guido Vollbeding) added the extra AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE 
> > > options.
> > > 
> > > > So, maybe it would be worthwhile to directly inform the maintainers of 
> > > > the
> > > > packages mentioned above that still use de-ANSI-fication feature about 
> > > > its
> > > > oncoming deprecation and removal.  WDYT?
> > > 
> > > If they do not hear about it, I am sure that they will learn once the 
> > > option stops working.
> > > 
> > OK, then I'll save myself the trouble.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >   Stefano
> > 
> Well, we've informed those projects anyway in the end; hope that it'll
> be helpful.
> 
Yes, it has been: the maintainers of all those projects have answered
(thanks!) and agreed to remove the use of 'ansi2knr'.

I've thus pushed the patch.

Regards,
  Stefano