Re: automake parallel install

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:
Ralf> 1. Merge the autoconf and automake packages into one package.
Ralf> This would

Tom> Actually, I'm in favor of this.  There are some barriers to doing
Tom> it, but nothing very hard.  I don't think we'll do it with the
Tom> next release though.

I'm afraid it would become unmaintainable, with no means to really
step forward.  The dependencies between one and the other are due to
history: there was no means for Automake to be independent of
Autoconf: it had to know the Autoconf macros.  It no longer does: as
soon as --trace support is enabled, Automake becomes Autoconf
independent (well, of course it needs 2.5x).