GNU bug report logs - #13524
Improving user experience for non-recursive builds

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From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen <at> simple.dallas.tx.us>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: peda <at> lysator.liu.se, 13524 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:10:42 -0600 (CST)

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
>> A substantial blocker for converting large packages to non-recursive
>> builds will be eliminated.  Considerable time and electricity will
>> be saved.
>
> By chance, do you plan to start using the feature in some package of
> yours, even before it lands in a released Automake version?  I'm asking
> because it could be some months before the next minor (non-bug-fixing)
> Automake release.

I might be convinced to test it with GraphicsMagick (presumably a 
collection of sed substitutions would be sufficient to edit the 
Makefiles) but would not want to release any software based on an 
unreleased Automake.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen <at> simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/

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