Re: texi2dvi: A more pleasant way to compile

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

please forgive me that I answer to my own mail:

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 07:54:13PM +0200, Stepan Kasal wrote:
> Akim said:
> > If that's what it takes to have the newer scheme then, I'll do that :(
> 
> Actually, if some part of your work can be made the default immediately,
> it should be accepted first.
> The rest, which would break backward compatibility with Automake-1.9 will
> have to be hidden under --build, at least for now.

I'm no longer sure about this.  Taken from another angle:

The --build patch is ready.  It can be accepted without any work.
It cannot be made the default _now_, but it'll become the default after
one or two years.

So why did that silly Kasal asked Akim to improve the old mode that will
soon become obsolete?

But:
Perhaps improving the old mode would make it closer to --build, so the
script texi2dvi would be shorter.  But is it worth the extra work?

I cannot decide which of the presented opinions is the right one.
But I hope they will help others to form their opinion.

Perhaps I just speak too quickly and too much.
Luckily, I'll be offline Jun 7 - Jun 21.

Have a nice month,
        Stepan asal