Re: Removal of INCLUDES in favour of AM_CPPFLAGS

2013-03-12 Thread NightStrike
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:35 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > I should at this point decide whether just devote my "Automake time" > to mainline Automake (which amounts at letting Automake-NG die, > basically) or to Automake-NG (after tying some loose ends in the > mainline Automake code base, of cou

Re: Removal of INCLUDES in favour of AM_CPPFLAGS

2013-02-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 02/01/2013 09:47 PM, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > () Stefano Lattarini > () Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:59:58 +0100 > >A first step would certainly be making it a separate project on >Savannah, rather than just a glorified branch in the Automake Git >repository (plus a dedicated mailing list)

Re: Removal of INCLUDES in favour of AM_CPPFLAGS

2013-02-01 Thread Peter Rosin
Hi Stefano, On 2013-02-01 10:35, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 02/01/2013 09:45 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> From NEWS in the master branch: >> >> - Support for the long-obsolete $(INCLUDES) variable has >> been finally removed, in favour of the modern equivalent >> $(AM_CPPFLAGS). >> >> Wh

Re: Removal of INCLUDES in favour of AM_CPPFLAGS

2013-02-01 Thread Thien-Thi Nguyen
() Stefano Lattarini () Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:59:58 +0100 A first step would certainly be making it a separate project on Savannah, rather than just a glorified branch in the Automake Git repository (plus a dedicated mailing list). Anyone has experience or suggestions on how to better

Re: Removal of INCLUDES in favour of AM_CPPFLAGS

2013-02-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 02/01/2013 07:18 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >> This wrong approach is probably the result of me trying to keep a foot >> in both camps -- that is, maintaining mainline Automake while trying >> to encourage a switch to Automake-NG in the long term

Re: Removal of INCLUDES in favour of AM_CPPFLAGS

2013-02-01 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote: This wrong approach is probably the result of me trying to keep a foot in both camps -- that is, maintaining mainline Automake while trying to encourage a switch to Automake-NG in the long term. Probably not a good move, for any of those projects. I

Re: Removal of INCLUDES in favour of AM_CPPFLAGS

2013-02-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Stefano Lattarini writes: > So, is anyone using or playing with Automake-NG, or at least > contemplating the idea to do so in the short term? Or should we just > let the project die? I'm not personally using it or playing with it yet, but I like the idea of rethinking the project and eliminatin

Re: Removal of INCLUDES in favour of AM_CPPFLAGS

2013-02-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
[+cc automake-ng] On 02/01/2013 09:45 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: > Hi! > > From NEWS in the master branch: > > - Support for the long-obsolete $(INCLUDES) variable has > been finally removed, in favour of the modern equivalent > $(AM_CPPFLAGS). > > Why is this removal important? It forces