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RE: Writing New Macros
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Keith MARSHALL |
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RE: Writing New Macros |
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Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:38:58 +0100 |
Benoit Sigoure wrote:
> However, you, as a maintainer of your package, are expected to
> use tools that are up-to-date.
Sorry, but with respect, that's complete balderdash!
As maintainer of *my* package, I will use whatever tools are most
appropriate for my needs; that may not be the latest, (which is not
necessarily the greatest), version of any tool.
Remember a recent thread here, which pointed out how autoconf-2.61
actually broke it's own AC_LINK_IFELSE test, under some circumstances
when running the generated configure scripts under MSYS? Since that's
a platform I actually care about developing on, I'm not about to rush
out and deploy autoconf-2.61. Even autoconf-2.60 introduces features
I don't care for. Autoconf-2.59 suits my requirements admirably, so
I shall stick with it, for the time being.
Regards,
Keith.