configure.ac and friends could use some love

configure.ac and friends could use some love

[C.J. Adams-Collier]

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with whom should I co-ordinate?


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Re: configure.ac and friends could use some love

[Andreas Ericsson]

C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
> with whom should I co-ordinate?
> 

git@vger and Jakub Narebski.

  git shortlog -ns -- configure.ac

would have told you as much ;-)

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Re: configure.ac and friends could use some love

[Jakub Narebski]

Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
> C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:

> > with whom should I co-ordinate?
> >
> 
> git@vger and Jakub Narebski.
> 
>   git shortlog -ns -- configure.ac
> 
> would have told you as much ;-)

While it is true that I was behind adding ./configure support to git
in optional and non-intrusive way (configure.ac and config.mak.in),
mainly to be able to use %configure macro in git.spec -- which never
materialized, I lack in my opinion expertise in autoconf to be
a maintainer for those scripts.

David Syzdek offered to help or take the brunt of the work on our
autoconf corner, see e.g. this post:
  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/111923
but he wanted help of someone whom is familiar with the interaction
between the Makefile and configure.ac... which never materialized.

Instead of git-shortlog, you should take a look at git-blame output
who is responsible for more advanced corners of configure.ac:
David M. Syzydek (GIT_CHECK_FUNC), Ben Walton (GIT_STASH_FLAGS),
Ralf Wildenhues (caching support), etc.

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Re: configure.ac and friends could use some love

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Jakub Narebski writes:
> 
> I lack in my opinion expertise in autoconf to be
> a maintainer for those scripts.
> 
> David Syzdek offered to help or take the brunt of the work on our
> autoconf corner, see e.g. this post:
>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/111923
> but he wanted help of someone whom is familiar with the interaction
> between the Makefile and configure.ac... which never materialized.

While I don't have the time to read git@ regularly and be a good maintainer
of its configure.ac and friends, I'm certainly willing to answer all autotools
related questions.  Please Cc: me on them.

Cheers,
Ralf