>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
adl> Also, since we have switched to API-numbering, bumping that adl> version number has a cost. For instance Debian distributes adl> automake1.4, automake1.6, automake1.7, and automake1.8. If we adl> add another API, it'd better be worth it. Yeah. It turns out that Red Hat still ships 1.5 because some packages still depend on it. Sigh. Obviously this doesn't scale -- at some point it has to be so painless to upgrade that someone like Debian or Red Hat can simply ditch 1.x and convert everything to 1.x+1 all at once. adl> Maybe we could release an "official snapshot" of HEAD? This may adl> also help to better test these uncertain subdir-suffix-rules. adl> Would that be enough? It might. Unfortunately I don't think we can unilaterally make a decision like this. We'll have to involve the other gcc maintainers. I think the ideal for gcc is to have the entire tree requiring a single released version of automake. But, we'll never know if we can do it until we try :-) Tom
