Re: New libtool maintainer: request for feedback

2021-10-26 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I was recently added as the new maintainer of `libtool' [...] Excellent news! However, are you aware that you haven't introduced yourself on the 'libtool' mailing list? Making you a maintainer must have been a very recent decision, since on Oct 21st we accidentally discussed exactly that top

Re: New libtool maintainer: request for feedback

2021-10-26 Thread Alex Ameen
You are right that I need to introduce myself on the mailing list, thanks for the reminder. Honestly I've been all wrapped up reading the old patch mailing list, reading the GNU guidelines, setting up other GNU accounts and paperwork - but I'll be sure to send out a message today. I probably ne

Re: New libtool maintainer: request for feedback

2021-10-26 Thread Marko Lindqvist
Sorry if this is actually covered by more-to-detail suggestions, but I don't know the internal details of autotools well enough to tell if it is. As a maintainer of a autotools using project, I've been waiting for a release that resolves issues with removal of ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS. With newer automak

Re: New libtool maintainer: request for feedback

2021-10-26 Thread Alex Ameen
Thanks for the heads up. I will take a look at this as soon as I can. I'm still working my way through a lot of the boilerplate new maintainer stuff, which at least for `libtool' is a lot to unpack ( but I'm making good progress ). From the sounds of it `libtoolize' seems to have several conf