Re: serial in branch-1-5 [[and branch-2-0]]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 03:52:12PM CET:
> | 
> |    One reason why you should keep `--install' in the flags even after
> | the first run is that when you later edit `configure.ac' and depend on
> | a new macro, this macro will be installed in your `m4/' automatically.
> | Another one is that serial numbers can be used to update the macros in
> | your source tree automatically when new system-wide versions are
> | installed.  A serial number should be a single line of the form
> | 
> |      #serial NNN
> | 
> | where NNN contains only digits and dots.  It should appear in the M4
> | file before any macro definition.  It is a good practice to maintain a
> | serial number for each macro you distribute, even if you do not use the
> | `--install' option of `aclocal': this allows other people to use it.

Is there a technical reason to break current nonstandard practice for
packages?  Why not
   #serial NNNN [garbage-ignored-by-aclocal]
?

Failing that: How about choosing a different name.  I fear #version is
so common that it might already exist as text in some m4 files.

Regards,
Ralf