From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8FBAC433FE for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:42:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B7A323332 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:42:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2436906AbgLKPAZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:00:25 -0500 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:16394 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2392162AbgLKO7i (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:59:38 -0500 IronPort-SDR: iBsOc/F18SFE9ejaSmNonteY8BJVi4aYNyk+EVHyWJ4sL9ffgleQqGsEf9ut/zmsqnTfR0cBJf /HkY4LvibD1Q== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9831"; a="192781594" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,411,1599548400"; d="scan'208";a="192781594" Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 Dec 2020 06:57:52 -0800 IronPort-SDR: RLjrR+ybVgIFCekUxjQTyg3+6CkxHWzW5fT7pXPWUU3ofjwYxh6u+E/V7RPDuuK1AeBRyhZrtu PXKWVQylo/Yw== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,411,1599548400"; d="scan'208";a="374412712" Received: from smile.fi.intel.com (HELO smile) ([10.237.68.40]) by fmsmga002-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 Dec 2020 06:57:50 -0800 Received: from andy by smile with local (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1knjsi-00DgEM-Af; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:58:52 +0200 Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:58:52 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Kent Gibson , Geert Uytterhoeven , Jack Winch , Helmut Grohne , Linus Walleij , "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" , Bartosz Golaszewski Subject: Re: [libgpiod][PATCH 00/14] treewide: start shaving off cruft for v2.0 Message-ID: <20201211145852.GU4077@smile.fi.intel.com> References: <20201210132315.5785-1-brgl@bgdev.pl> <20201210135627.GH4077@smile.fi.intel.com> <20201211143129.GR4077@smile.fi.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 03:33:41PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:30 PM Andy Shevchenko > wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 09:38:44AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 2:55 PM Andy Shevchenko > > > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 02:23:01PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: ... > > > > One side note, though. Are you already plan to support autotools-2.70? > > > > > > Isn't it already supported? 2.69 is the minimum version, 2.70 should just work. > > > > Have you read an article on LWN about changes [1]? There are a lot of > > incompatibilities (note between 2.69 and 2.70 _8_ years passed). > > > > [1]: https://lwn.net/Articles/839395/ > > How will distros handle the incompatibilities? I don't think all > projects - many no longer even supported - will suddenly switch to new > autoconf. It's PITA for distributions. Last time I remember that nice jump from 2.13 to 2.50. However, 2.69 should be closer to 2.70. I believe the distributions will patch all broken packages one-by-one. I think there is no need to keep two autoconf packages together in this case, but who knows, it might be a last resort. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko