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Re: Hidden files in autoconf 2.70 distribution?
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Dmitry V. Levin |
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Re: Hidden files in autoconf 2.70 distribution? |
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Thu, 10 Dec 2020 03:13:36 +0300 |
On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 04:06:20PM -0800, Jim Meyering wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 3:49 PM Paul Eggert wrote:
> > On 12/9/20 7:46 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > > It comes from Gnulib's git-version-gen and GNUmakefile.
> > >
> > > I'm not defending it. In fact, it annoys me. But I didn't spend the
> > > time to find another way to record the release version.
> >
> > Perhaps we should change git-version-gen and GNUmakefile to put this
> > version-number stuff into a file name that doesn't start with '.'. (I don't
> > know why there are two such files now.)
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> I chose those names, because using "." files in that manner feels natural to
> me.
> If that offends someone enough to change the names, I won't object.
Sorry, it's too late to change these names, they're a part of
the interface for many years and used by many projects.
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