On Wednesday 23 November 2011, Dave Hart wrote: > > [HUGE MEGA SNIP] > > I like RMS's idea of switching one or two GNU packages to require GNU > make to test the waters. Obviously, GNU make itself needs to require > only portable make to enable bootstrapping. > If I'm not mistaken, GNU make doesn't even require any make program in order to bootstrap -- it comes with a shell script that can do the initial build if no make program is found (as Paul Smith has pointed out).
> I agree the experiment shouldn't be done first with Automake, > as that would have implications for all packages uses Automake. > Doing it with an Automake fork called Automire wouldn't be such > a problem, but Stefano probably doesn't find forking appealing > for a number of sound reasons. > In truth, given the feedback received, I think a fork would be not only less controversial, but also much more appealing than a branch in the automake repostory, which might cause automake and automire to gets in each other's way. > Thanks for the choice to support use of Automake by non-GPL packages, > and for hearing the concerns of a maintainer of such a package. > > Cheers, > Dave Hart > Thanks for the feedback, Stefano
