Re: [PATCH] {maint} Deprecate de-ansification support, it should go away in automake 1.12

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> >
> Problem: it seems that there are few (and luckily only few) active packages
> that still use the `ansi2knr' option:
> 1. The latest version (8c) of the libjpeg implementation from IJG (Independent
>    JPEG Group, <http://www.ijg.org/>); see the `configure.ac' file from the
>    archive <http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v8c.tar.gz>

I created most of the libjpeg build configury.  The official 
maintainer (Guido Vollbeding) added the extra AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE 
options.

> So, maybe it would be worthwhile to directly inform the maintainers of the
> packages mentioned above that still use de-ANSI-fication feature about its
> oncoming deprecation and removal.  WDYT?

If they do not hear about it, I am sure that they will learn once the 
option stops working.

Bob
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