Re: Release Autoconf 2.70

2016-08-11 Thread Mike Frysinger
On 21 Jul 2016 22:15, Julien ÉLIE wrote: > I would personally be interested in a release of Autoconf 2.70 with > updated config.sub and config.guess helper scripts. As a matter of > fact, there are recent systems where I cannot configure Autoconf because > of obsolete config.{sub,guess}; I

Re: Release Autoconf 2.70

2016-07-22 Thread Gavin Smith
On 20 July 2016 at 22:31, Zack Weinberg wrote: > I'm also interested in seeing a release in the near future. Is there > any way people without commit rights (e.g. me) can help? The obvious answer would be for you to get commit rights. Hopefully you could agree with the Autoconf

Re: Release Autoconf 2.70

2016-07-21 Thread Julien ÉLIE
Hi Erik, How much time it takes to make a release? For the outsider there's not many obviously needed steps that take a lot of time. Does making a RC take as much time as full release, or could we have RC for testing both autoconf and the build systems of projects that use it? The biggest

Re: Release Autoconf 2.70

2016-07-21 Thread Eric Blake
On 07/21/2016 12:25 AM, Marko Lindqvist wrote: > On 21 July 2016 at 00:06, Eric Blake wrote: >> On 07/20/2016 11:21 AM, Craig Andrews wrote: >>> >>> what's >>> blocking a release? >> >> Lack of free time from someone with commit rights. > > How much time it takes to make a

Re: Release Autoconf 2.70

2016-07-21 Thread Marko Lindqvist
On 21 July 2016 at 00:06, Eric Blake wrote: > On 07/20/2016 11:21 AM, Craig Andrews wrote: >> >> what's >> blocking a release? > > Lack of free time from someone with commit rights. How much time it takes to make a release? For the outsider there's not many obviously needed

Re: Release Autoconf 2.70

2016-07-20 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 07/20/2016 11:21 AM, Craig Andrews wrote: >> There have been a number commits made to autoconf since 2.69 was >> released on April 24, 2012. FWIW, I'm particularly interested in the >> runstatedir change. >> >> Is it

Re: Release Autoconf 2.70

2016-07-20 Thread Eric Blake
On 07/20/2016 11:21 AM, Craig Andrews wrote: > There have been a number commits made to autoconf since 2.69 was > released on April 24, 2012. FWIW, I'm particularly interested in the > runstatedir change. > > Is it possible to make a 2.70 release in the near future? If not, what's > blocking a