Re: Windows Patches [Was: GNU Libtool 2.2.8 released (stable)]

[Peter Rosin]

Hi Christopher!

Den 2010-06-08 15:06 skrev Christopher Hulbert:
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Gary V. Vaughan<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > I think it important to merge pr-msvc-support into master one way or
> > another so that it doesn't get ignored for any longer than it has already.
>
> I would like it to not get ignore longer either, but just looking at
> the branch after pulling, I still don't see a hint of support for
> either Intel or PGI compilers on windows, both of which my changes
> support. That means I will likely have to continue to keep a local
> branch with all my changes. In addition, I might have to work around
> any issues created from the merge of the pr-msvc-support branch.

So, me working around issus with your patches is better exactly how?

> Obviously making more work for 1 person shouldn't stop libtool
> progress, but I think taking the time to come up with a plan on what
> will be supported when the branch is merged in and making it useful
> for people like me using other native Windows compilers (again, Intel
> and PGI) would be nice. No matter what, I am sure I can work
> with/around whatever happens, but I would certainly prefer that the
> official libtool have more Windows support than at least I can see
> from the pr-msvc-support branch.

Hey, I have more stuff that I would like to add, but given that it
has been virtually impossible to get any patch review for Windows stuff
(Ralf has been the only one doing it, thanks!), maybe, just maybe,
we shouldn't add too much to the plate? Which is also the reason why
I have been mostly ignoring anything new on the Windows front. Sorry
about the silence.

There is already enough pending stuff, IMHO. Let's just get that out
the door first. That may be frustrating for you, but the alternative
is frustrating for me which is worse - of course :-)

I've had enough frustration here, methinks.

Cheers,
Peter