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

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Chris,

On 8 Jun 2010, at 20:06, Christopher Hulbert wrote:
> 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.
> 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.

Both Peter and Chuck have commit rights, and might be interested in
merging your changes into pr-msvc-support or master if you rebase them
from one or the other and submit?

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (address@hidden)