Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Jim Meyering
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:49 PM Václav Haisman wrote: > On 27. 03. 23 17:38, Jim Meyering wrote: > > We're overdue for a new release, so here's a snapshot in preparation > > for that, which I want to call 2.73 (skipping 2.72). There has never > > been an autoconf-2.72 release, yet `git describe`

Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Jim Meyering
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 10:18 AM Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, at 11:38 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > > We're overdue for a new release, so here's a snapshot in preparation > > for that, which I want to call 2.73 (skipping 2.72). There has never > > been an autoconf-2.72 release, yet `

Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Paul Eggert
On 3/27/23 10:16, Zack Weinberg wrote: Compatibility with compilers that reject unprototyped function declarations should maybe get a more prominent NEWS entry. I gave that a shot by installing the attached.From 5ffc09fca39de051537fbebd7c6c33d5255a520f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Egger

Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Paul Eggert
On 3/27/23 14:49, Václav Haisman wrote: Curious amounts of things getting wrapped in case/esac but I am assuming that's intentional. Yes it is: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=c8d6d6eb8be36144f1285f35901e325b56bac68f

Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Václav Haisman
On 27. 03. 23 17:38, Jim Meyering wrote: We're overdue for a new release, so here's a snapshot in preparation for that, which I want to call 2.73 (skipping 2.72). There has never been an autoconf-2.72 release, yet `git describe` now prints 2.72c and has been printing strings like v2.72a-92-g8db0

Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, at 2:30 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On 3/27/23 13:45, Sam James wrote: >> "Zack Weinberg" writes: >>> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, at 11:38 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: We're overdue for a new release, so here's a snapshot in preparation for that, which I want to call 2.73 (sk

Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Carlos O'Donell
On 3/27/23 13:45, Sam James wrote: > > "Zack Weinberg" writes: > >> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, at 11:38 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> We're overdue for a new release, so here's a snapshot in >>> preparation for that, which I want to call 2.73 (skipping 2.72). >>> There has never been an autoconf-2.72 r

Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Sam James
"Zack Weinberg" writes: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, at 11:38 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> We're overdue for a new release, so here's a snapshot in preparation >> for that, which I want to call 2.73 (skipping 2.72). There has never >> been an autoconf-2.72 release, yet `git describe` now prints 2.72c

Re: new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, at 11:38 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > We're overdue for a new release, so here's a snapshot in preparation > for that, which I want to call 2.73 (skipping 2.72). There has never > been an autoconf-2.72 release, yet `git describe` now prints 2.72c and > has been printing strings

new snapshot available: autoconf-2.72c

2023-03-27 Thread Jim Meyering
We're overdue for a new release, so here's a snapshot in preparation for that, which I want to call 2.73 (skipping 2.72). There has never been an autoconf-2.72 release, yet `git describe` now prints 2.72c and has been printing strings like v2.72a-92-g8db00aa8 for years. If you maintain a package