Re: make dist-lzma and make dist-xz

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> >
> I don't, but I have another consideration: since lzma seems to be supersed
> by xz [1][2], couldn't we simply deprecate the `dist-lzma' option in this
> 11.1.2 version, and remove it altogether from the next major (or even minor)
> version?  WDYT?

Once the feature is removed entirely, Automake will fail unless the 
Makefile.am file is edited.  That might become really annoying if the 
automake user has no expecations of becoming a package maintainer. 
Another option is to silently (or with a warning) start producing xz 
files at some point if `dist-lzma' is still specified.  The xz format 
is still lzma compressed so it is not a lie.

Bob
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