From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org (eggs.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:470:142:3::10]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 697AE385771F; Thu, 6 Apr 2023 15:38:05 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 697AE385771F Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gnu.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnu.org Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pkRgZ-0003XQ-Nn; Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:38:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=xPlbE2+e1pT4Vo/NQoj3ngpZX2hfFpzXtAsCW6VlgDQ=; b=lNwLLy9llzLzpv8M06T3 w+jUiUFUL0F/g2Gt4ucbw/ICyivXWH4TR/QM29U3OCKGltrzsNcw4Vbt2gKJyN5YFmf/Jm7rDWF0f GNdU7AFGedTIkHTFq145hwAH8fsOkQ/Na70wMdZkrkSVj8+ggNRf5GS/wEp7PPe1fEq0XMD2dHNFJ 3JFaMT1C3ogsh23jCHAMWzsuekZ6UA+Fry9OtO+3MoZTfgNMLmYeb3gOP8Wc00sT3D2p4KVSrMOPa emJyuOKkXhoFrK+MsUnG7ZZJ41fhMxAd64lCqR6+C5uBMLpYoIDV4HVIxVUeSdm/75/r0QK7j2FQk H7609E04ED3YuQ==; Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pkRgY-0001WU-Qc; Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:38:03 -0400 Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 18:38:32 +0300 Message-Id: <831qkxqavb.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Enze Li Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, enze.li@gmx.com, jbeulich@suse.com, tom@tromey.com In-Reply-To: (message from Enze Li on Thu, 06 Apr 2023 23:00:38 +0800) Subject: Re: [PATCH] bfd: add version check to makeinfo References: <83cz4ju0uf.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: > From: Enze Li > Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, enze.li@gmx.com, > jbeulich@suse.com, tom@tromey.com > Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 23:00:38 +0800 > > On Tue, 2023-04-04 at 11:24 -0400, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Some people still use makeinfo 4.x because it's at least an order of > > magnitude faster than version 5 and later.  For such simple problems, > > wouldn't it be better to add the missing sectioning commands, and let > > those users of makeinfo 4.x keep using it? > > Yeah, that's an easy way out. I'll send another patch shortly. > > BTW, I found the thread[1] where this was discussed a month ago and it > seems that both approaches are possible. I was just expressing my opinion. I don't have the authority to make the decision that this should be what Binutils does.