Re: Proposal for fixing automake (was Re: State of automake packages)
"Steve M. Robbins" <steven.robbins@videotron.ca> immo vero scripsit:
> > What do people think? If there's no serious objections, I'll upload
> > automake1.6 and start fixing 1.4 and 1.5 once its uploaded.
>
> If feasible, my preference would be that the package "automake"
> contains the latest version (i.e. 1.6). The older version could be
> stuck in "automake1.4", if need be. [I wonder whether 1.5 is even
> needed at this point.]
My preference would be that package automake be a virtual package
that is provided and conflicted by automakex.x.
These automake versions provide the interface expected by the user
as an automake program, but are not really completely compatible.
It's better than the current situation of having random packages
depending on "automake" and being broken with the latest version
of automake.
regards,
junichi
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