>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] Thomas> I was wondering about the time frame for the next Thomas> release of automake. Our libgcj configury upgrade Thomas> depends on changes that are currently only available in Thomas> automake's CVS HEAD, so we anxiously await an official Thomas> version that includes those changes :) No idea. My instinct says to wait for 1.8.x to spread and stabilize. (By "stabilize" I mean that no more regression against 1.7.x are reported.) Also, since we have switched to API-numbering, bumping that version number has a cost. For instance Debian distributes automake1.4, automake1.6, automake1.7, and automake1.8. If we add another API, it'd better be worth it. Finally, the `libtool --tag' support (presently on HEAD), makes us dependent upon the next release of Autoconf. This is a caching issue: Autoconf needs to know what --trace Automake will use, so it can fill its cache beforehand. Technically you _can_ use CVS Automake without CVS Autoconf, but it will be slower. Maybe we could release an "official snapshot" of HEAD? This may also help to better test these uncertain subdir-suffix-rules. Would that be enough? -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
