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From: "Kevin F. Quinn" <kevquinn@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools eclass - set default for WANT_AUTO*
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:47:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070106154710.3d423082@c1358217.kevquinn.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200701060521.48630.vapier@gentoo.org>

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On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 05:21:48 -0500
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Saturday 06 January 2007 05:10, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> > Is there any reason why not setting "latest" as default for
> > WANT_AUTO* variables?
> >
> > I believe that an ebuild should set these variables only if there is
> > some exception.
> 
> that seems like a not-too-shabby idea actually

Not sure.  Would we run the risk that working ebuilds would start to
fail when newer autotools versions arrive?

-- 
Kevin F. Quinn

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-06 14:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-06 10:10 [gentoo-dev] autotools eclass - set default for WANT_AUTO* Alon Bar-Lev
2007-01-06 10:21 ` Mike Frysinger
2007-01-06 14:47   ` Kevin F. Quinn [this message]
2007-01-06 14:57     ` Alon Bar-Lev
2007-01-07  5:19       ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2007-01-06 15:41     ` [gentoo-dev] " Mike Frysinger
2007-01-06 15:22 ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2007-01-06 15:42   ` Mike Frysinger
2007-01-06 16:05     ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2007-01-06 17:25       ` Mike Frysinger
2007-01-06 18:00         ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2007-01-06 18:23           ` Mike Frysinger
2007-01-06 18:32             ` Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
2007-01-07  1:29               ` Mike Frysinger
2007-01-07 16:27                 ` Alon Bar-Lev
2007-01-12 18:14                   ` Mike Frysinger
2007-01-12 18:37                     ` Alon Bar-Lev
2007-01-12 18:49                       ` Mike Frysinger
2007-01-12 18:39                     ` Mike Frysinger

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