Re: Autoconf/automake support for preprocessable Fortran

[Norman Gray]

Alexandre,

On 2005 Jul 27 , at 07.30, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:

>  Norman> (copyright paperwork has been a right pain in the
>  Norman> tender bits).
>
> Do you mean it's completed, almost done, or yet to do?
> (I can't see you in the FSF records right now.)

For me, (b) -- the paperwork should be in the post to the FSF, but  
I'll chase today.

I think Toby has a little further to go, but should have fewer  
bureaucratic problems than me, so should get through the local  
process much faster.

>  Norman> This is a preliminary heads-up while I assemble the
>  Norman> actual submission as a patch against autoconf 2.59 and  
> automake
>  Norman> 1.9.6, along with a question (directed at automake-patches).
>
> Please make sure the Automake patch applies to CVS HEAD, not
> 1.9.6.  Such large changes are never going to branch-1-9 (unless
> you can extract small bug fixes).
>
> CVS HEAD compatibility might be more of an issue with Autoconf,
> since 2.59 was released 20 months ago.

Righto.

Just to be absolutely paranoid double-clear, that's

:ext:address@hidden:/cvsroot/autoconf
:ext:address@hidden:/cvsroot/automake

isn't it?

All the best,

Norman


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