Hi Eric.
On 06/08/2012 03:24 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 06/08/2012 02:28 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
>> Since we believe the behaviour enabled by the 'subdir-objects' is
>> the only natural and most useful one, we make it the only only one
>> available, simplifying the Automake implementation and APIs a
>> little in the process.
>
> I like it. Just to make sure, you can still specify subdir-objects
> in the option list (for back-compat), and that specification is just
> ignored because it makes no difference?
>
So far, yes.
> You don't want to error out on the (now-useless) option until
> further down the road (similar to how we handled the silent make
> option, now always on).
>
Agreed. If we want to remove them later, that should be part of a
dedicated patch ("options: remove no-op options", or something like
that).
Regards,
Stefano
