Re: [PATCH 2/3] maint: rename `libltdl/m4' directory to standard `m4'.

2011-11-01 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Stefano, Thanks for the feedback. On 1 Nov 2011, at 22:06, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2011, Gary V wrote: >> Similarly to 1/3, full compressed patch attached. 72 hours etc etc. >> >> * bootstrap.conf (libtool_link_libltdl_subdirs): Add `m4'. >> * cfg.mk (exclude_file_n

Re: [PATCH 1/3] maint: rename `libltdl/config' directory to standard `build-aux'.

2011-11-01 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Stefano, On 1 Nov 2011, at 21:57, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Hi Gary, hope you won't mind few nits from an outsider ... Absolutely not, any and all feedback is always extremely welcome. Thank you. > On Tuesday 01 November 2011, Gary V wrote: >> >> diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am >> in

Re: [PATCH 1/3] maint: rename `libltdl/config' directory to standard `build-aux'.

2011-11-01 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Eric, On 1 Nov 2011, at 22:03, Eric Blake wrote: > On 11/01/2011 08:19 AM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> This next series of changesets is the beginning of modelling the directory >> and filenaming conventions of Libtool to match what is done by other >> prominent GNU projects... this means that g

Re: [PATCH 1/3] maint: rename `libltdl/config' directory to standard `build-aux'.

2011-11-01 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Chuck, On 1 Nov 2011, at 22:15, Charles Wilson wrote: > On 11/1/2011 10:57 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> Is `ln -s' portable to e.g., MinGW? Or is the bootstrapping process >> not meant to work there anyway, so we can just not care? > > No, bootstrapping is supposed to work (and, until q

Re: [PATCH 1/3] maint: rename `libltdl/config' directory to standard `build-aux'.

2011-11-01 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Bob, Thanks for the feedback. On 1 Nov 2011, at 23:50, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> This next series of changesets is the beginning of modelling the directory >> and filenaming conventions of Libtool to match what is done by other >> prominent GNU proj

Re: [PATCH 1/3] maint: rename `libltdl/config' directory to standard `build-aux'.

2011-11-01 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: This next series of changesets is the beginning of modelling the directory and filenaming conventions of Libtool to match what is done by other prominent GNU projects... this means that gnulib scripts will require less tweaking and configuration, so we

Re: [PATCH 1/3] maint: rename `libltdl/config' directory to standard `build-aux'.

2011-11-01 Thread Charles Wilson
On 11/1/2011 10:57 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Is `ln -s' portable to e.g., MinGW? Or is the bootstrapping process > not meant to work there anyway, so we can just not care? No, bootstrapping is supposed to work (and, until quite recently, did work) under MinGW/MSYS. Current breakage is rela

Re: [PATCH 2/3] maint: rename `libltdl/m4' directory to standard `m4'.

2011-11-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Tuesday 01 November 2011, Gary V wrote: > Similarly to 1/3, full compressed patch attached. 72 hours etc etc. > > * bootstrap.conf (libtool_link_libltdl_subdirs): Add `m4'. > * cfg.mk (exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_test_minus_ao): > Adjust path. > * configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR): A

Re: [PATCH 1/3] maint: rename `libltdl/config' directory to standard `build-aux'.

2011-11-01 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/01/2011 08:19 AM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: This next series of changesets is the beginning of modelling the directory and filenaming conventions of Libtool to match what is done by other prominent GNU projects... this means that gnulib scripts will require less tweaking and configuration, so

Re: [PATCH 1/3] maint: rename `libltdl/config' directory to standard `build-aux'.

2011-11-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Gary, hope you won't mind few nits from an outsider ... On Tuesday 01 November 2011, Gary V wrote: > > diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am > index d4e25cc..db98870 100644 > --- a/Makefile.am > +++ b/Makefile.am > @@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ $(lt_Makefile_in): $(lt_Makefile_am) $(lt_aclocal_m4) > #

[PATCH 3/3] libtoolize: rename `Makefile.inc' to standard `ltdl.mk'.

2011-11-01 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
No directories to move this time, so the full patch is inline. I'll push along with the other two when the time comes. The thing I'd most like feedback on is agreement or otherwise that deprecating old crufty features, with plenty of warning, is a good way to keep the codebase lean and manageable