On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Will Coleda <w...@coleda.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Joshua Hoblitt <jhobl...@ifa.hawaii.edu> > wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 06:44:47PM -0800, James Keenan via RT wrote: > >> On Sun Jan 01 19:09:51 2006, jhobl...@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > >> > auto::headers uses the Config module to detect installed header files. > >> > It's ok to get default values and the arch name from Config but it's > not > >> > OK to depend on it for probing the system as the Configure code will > >> > liked be compiled down to PIR someday so it can be executed by > >> > miniparrot and systems that don't have perl5 installed. > >> > > >> > >> We've long recognized that we will eventually have to jettison our > >> reliance on Perl 5's Config module, not just for header detection but > >> for all of our configuration probes. But that's a post-1.0 project. > > > > Are we closing all bugs for things that aren't going to be part of a 1.0 > > release? > > > > -J > > > > -- > > > > We shouldn't be closing things solely for that reason, no. > > -- > Will "Coke" Coleda
Maybe it'd be good to add these tickets to trac, planned for a certain release. That way, their status and future plans are documented better, and it will prevent future confusion as activity of the project members will vary over time (new people joining, others disappearing, etc.) just a thought. kjs
