Re: Debian wishlist

[Braden McDaniel]

On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 21:29 +0200, Peter Simons wrote: 
> Hi Braden,
> 
>  > This looks like an old version of AX_CHECK_GLUT. You can find the
>  > current version here:
>  >
>  >   http://code.google.com/p/autoconf-gl-macros/
>  >
>  > I'm pretty sure the current version doesn't have this problem.
> 
> those versions look quite different from the ones we have in the archive:
> 
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_check_gl.html
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_check_glu.html
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_check_glut.html
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_lang_compiler_ms.html
> 
> Now, there is no easy way to synchronize our versions automatically with
> the ones in your repository, and I guess it won't help the general
> public if we distribute obsolete versions of your code.
> 
> Given the situation, I would like to obsolete those macros in the
> Autoconf Archive, and eventually drop them from the distribution.
> 
> Does that sound like a reasonable plan?

I don't personally have a compelling interest in updating the macros in
your archive each time I make a release.  So, if no one else has such an
interest, dropping them seems appropriate.

-- 
Braden McDaniel <address@hidden>