From: Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 13:59:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3y974upgk.fsf@scooby.brisbane.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A5661C8C-087A-11D7-A7CE-00039396EEB8@apple.com>
>>>>> "Klee" == Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com> writes:
Klee> The idea here is that it's relatively straightforward for a
Klee> binutils/gdb maintainer to know what to do when updating a
Klee> configuration file (get the most recent version of the tools
Klee> from the FSF and use them), and that we have a natural
Klee> tendency to stay up-to-date with automake/autoconf changes,
Klee> without having flag-day style upgrades become an issue.
The flag day has less to do with the binutils and GCC development
process and more to do with Autoconf development. Some poor decisions
have been made there recently with respect to backward compatibility.
Ben
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From: Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 13:41:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3y974upgk.fsf@scooby.brisbane.redhat.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20021205134100.SpCAJLm40nXLaxLu7L7mI_rSxmEqm-yvm8c719EDinA@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A5661C8C-087A-11D7-A7CE-00039396EEB8@apple.com>
>>>>> "Klee" == Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com> writes:
Klee> The idea here is that it's relatively straightforward for a
Klee> binutils/gdb maintainer to know what to do when updating a
Klee> configuration file (get the most recent version of the tools
Klee> from the FSF and use them), and that we have a natural
Klee> tendency to stay up-to-date with automake/autoconf changes,
Klee> without having flag-day style upgrades become an issue.
The flag day has less to do with the binutils and GCC development
process and more to do with Autoconf development. Some poor decisions
have been made there recently with respect to backward compatibility.
Ben
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-05 21:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-13 8:55 [RFA/PATCH] Darwin fixes for ltconfig, ltcf-c.sh Klee Dienes
2002-11-13 9:57 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-11-13 10:32 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-04 22:04 ` [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 5:26 ` Hans-Peter Nilsson
2002-12-05 14:07 ` Alan Modra
2002-12-05 7:43 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-12-05 8:22 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 9:01 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-12-05 12:55 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 13:03 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-12-05 13:13 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-12-05 13:16 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-12-05 13:08 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-12-05 13:18 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 8:28 ` DJ Delorie
2002-12-05 9:37 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 9:42 ` DJ Delorie
2002-12-05 10:28 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 9:31 ` H. J. Lu
2002-12-05 7:44 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-12-05 9:01 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 8:09 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-12-05 8:29 ` DJ Delorie
2002-12-05 8:35 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-12-05 8:37 ` DJ Delorie
2002-12-05 8:40 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-12-05 8:44 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-12-05 9:19 ` Elena Zannoni
2002-12-05 9:54 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 10:10 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-12-05 10:59 ` Doug Evans
2002-12-05 12:11 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 12:23 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2002-12-05 14:29 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-06 5:34 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-12-06 7:25 ` DJ Delorie
2002-12-06 8:06 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-12-06 8:47 ` DJ Delorie
2002-12-05 10:59 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-12-06 5:52 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-12-05 13:59 ` Ben Elliston [this message]
2002-12-05 13:41 ` Ben Elliston
2002-12-30 16:10 ` Alexandre Oliva
2002-12-05 10:15 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2002-12-05 10:37 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 11:08 Nathanael Nerode
2002-12-05 11:31 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-12-05 13:31 ` Zack Weinberg
2002-12-05 14:36 ` Alan Modra
2002-12-05 14:56 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2002-12-05 15:22 ` Alan Modra
2002-12-05 15:43 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2002-12-05 15:51 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-12-05 15:47 ` Mike Stump
2002-12-05 16:30 ` Alan Modra
2002-12-05 16:45 ` Zack Weinberg
2002-12-08 2:49 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 14:29 ` Christopher Faylor
2002-12-06 6:45 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-12-08 10:53 ` Klee Dienes
2002-12-05 14:40 Nathanael Nerode
2002-12-05 15:19 ` Zack Weinberg
2002-12-06 10:21 ` Tom Tromey
2002-12-07 13:06 ` Alexandre Oliva
2002-12-07 16:03 ` Zack Weinberg
2002-12-09 19:16 ` Alexandre Oliva
2002-12-09 21:52 ` Geoff Keating
2002-12-08 13:11 ` Tom Tromey
2002-12-05 14:42 Joern Rennecke
2002-12-06 5:28 Nathanael Nerode
[not found] <9A4230D6-1D26-11D7-BFCA-00039396EEB8@apple.com>
2003-01-12 13:22 ` Alexandre Oliva
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