Hello,
You know how I feel about distributions shipping packages that are 8 years old. You know how I feel about people insisting on using old versions of a package when later versions are backwards-compatible. Well, I was given new information that made me change my mind. The thing is, GNU make-3.81 is GPLv2+, and GNU make-3.82 and later releases are GPLv3+. *That* is the reason why some distributions stick to GNU make-3.81, and won't ship any later version. I would normally completely disregard that, but in this particular instance, I happen to agree that GPLv3 is a very bad license, and forcing people to use a GPLv3+ tool in their normal operation pipeline is not a good idea. For instance, businesses couldn't safely comply with this. Some businesses, and some distributions, just refuse to use or package anything depending on GPLv3 software, and I can't really blame them. So I bit the bullet. From the current git head and for the foreseeable future, the skarnet.org packages will build with make-3.81. If you don't know how I feel about politics and licensing getting in the way of technical efficiency, you can certainly guess it by now. -- Laurent
