Re: [PATCH 1/6] Add --gnulib-version and --news options to announce-gen.

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Gary,

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 09:49:01PM CEST:
> Well, libltdl also works well enough.

No, it doesn't.

> I'm a good way into a complete
> rewrite... are you saying that you'd rather put up with the limitations
> of the current libltdl architecture than move to a cleaner and (IMHO)
> more maintainable implementation that will no doubt give up several
> months of new bugs to shake out?

There are few bugs to shake out if and when testsuite exposure is
pervasive, and testing on several system proves functioning.
Problem solved.  And sure, if your patches add that testsuite coverage,
then it will be my pleasure to approve them through ASAP.

I'm following this approach in Automake now, and I think Libtool really
should do this too: try to expose every code path that is added to the
test suite.  Yes, every single code path, including error paths.

Cheers,
Ralf