Re: build tools standard

[Dan Mills <danmills sandmill org>]

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 09:19  PM, James Henstridge wrote:

> Rodney Dawes wrote:
>
> > I agree totally with this. libtool 1.4.3, automake 1.6, and autoconf
> > 2.53 seem to be a good standard to use. Perhaps we should write up a
> > policy to propose?
> Given that a lot of modules are currently using automake-1.4, this 
> will involve upgrading those modules.  If we are upgrading them, why 
> not go to the latest versions?  The older versions contain known bugs 
> that have been fixed since then.

Sure, as long as there is some consensus about it.

> Lastly, this whole discussion ignores the fact that some modules may 
> in fact require a bug fix or new feature in an updated version of a 
> build tool.

I am unconvinced that any module requires new functionality or a bugfix 
that can't wait until the next gnome release. Assuming a 6-month 
release schedule, that's an average of 3 months.  I think that having a 
workaround for a few months is not an unreasonable thing to ask.

-Dan