Merge Schedule [was Re: last minute fixes]

[Gary V . Vaughan]

On Monday 30 April 2001  8:39 am, Thomas Tanner wrote:
> On 28-Apr-2001 Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > I guess your three stage approach is our best option.  We can divide up
> > the responsibility that way so that none of us has to do all the work. 
> > If we merge from a frozen MLB, then the issue with ltconfig removal is a
> > little easier too: I just need to convert ltcf-*.sh into libtool.m4 along
> > with some glue to append the right parts to the generated libtool.
> >
> > To recap:
> >
> >  1. start with a new ChangeLog file, port tags support, update
> > documentation 2. port new object file handling
> >  3. port lt-cf*/ltconfig to libtool.m4, add the new demo programs+tests
> >
> > I'm volunteering for (3).  Any takers for the other parts of the merge?
>
>  OK. I'll take (2) and also port dlopen support for .o/.lo.

While making inroads into (3), I have started a new ChangeLog and merged 
libtool.m4 and ltmain.in from MLB to HEAD, which covers (2) as well.  I 
suspect that the tags support will fall out of merging lt-cf*.in and 
ltconfig.in into libtool.m4.

If someone can merge/update the documentation and bring over the new test 
directories while I am doing this, that would be a great help -- don't enable 
the additional tests until they can pass though.

I just realised that I don't know what Thomas means by `dlopen support for 
.o/.lo'... I guess I won't be doing that then, whatever it is  ;-)

I'll be able to check in what I have as soon as DNS entries for the new IP 
addresses at gnu make it to my local server.  The rest will follow in a day 
or three.

I think it unlikely that the patch queue will be drained fast enough to make 
the end of month release from HEAD and 1.4.1 as I promised, but I'll roll 
them up as soon as the queue is done.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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