From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F2163857B82 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:21:55 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 7F2163857B82 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 7F2163857B82 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=170.10.129.124 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1704903717; cv=none; b=oO1PBAoE+sAuGiQeB7nQRwAIiZDBGmwvnGPxtf0Xtzuw6iqnFvTjj5bwyulhEXQBFWDWN9T0FNXNJLU6R50whWZZVxw75CH6Ef4y5xp6npo9CMZ4hkAjolriZV5B1QfUqXOoZ1V+nlS2q3Y7SUdgAclYemTsi76ztEebvBjuGFM= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1704903717; c=relaxed/simple; bh=0b4mGaqfos9rQcLsAkmTZ9ojyQpqIlnNopFO+9p0YhQ=; h=DKIM-Signature:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=A9iBHhOR7T5s2yyFbOZZlNyo0OveskGZwYU39ESvKA3ceuBvq7OJTocdJEywCtusQlpqElW0+QZD16BtMs50j7lSboEXNI8/meh5bwpsq03T2kU/irTmAhby95qPCkPsD2y0XyydtyOJvIKt3GCl33S5gxLaSUy3eUhvMNYfDJs= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1704903715; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=CSsUsvmSDsM3JKG+SXd4TfGfy5z/O5Zdi7/zQWd1+S4=; b=YsWc5eD06noVgi3wleGsH0V5lGDDGlDSvl0DkU5Srw0+W2Mj6CIsMI56rKoZI8eAQGO3Au JOvzR+MIOnRfcqnj1WBMuC5avmVviX8mfkUOyGlJ4hYYlQKuVelDRy+A3uUzIHcZCnMGfG gIuVXTqmarLNtKShDDHb9f0RfM5GgpA= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-517-SwPfukrjOFafFJZRCWN18g-1; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:21:52 -0500 X-MC-Unique: SwPfukrjOFafFJZRCWN18g-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 895C485A58B; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from calimero.vinschen.de (unknown [10.39.195.34]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 422A72166B32; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id E78C4A80871; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:21:49 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:21:49 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: Mike Frysinger Cc: newlib@sourceware.org, "Frager, Neal" , "jjohnstn@redhat.com" , "thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com" , "cjwfirmware@vxmdesign.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] configure.ac: configurable tooldir install path Message-ID: Reply-To: newlib@sourceware.org Mail-Followup-To: Mike Frysinger , newlib@sourceware.org, "Frager, Neal" , "jjohnstn@redhat.com" , "thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com" , "cjwfirmware@vxmdesign.com" References: <20240109103953.1112223-1-neal.frager@amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.6 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Jan 10 10:03, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On 10 Jan 2024 10:53, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > Maybe we should switch newlib/cygwin to 2.71 as well, eventually? > > > > We're in the process of preparing the next Cygwin release which should > > be due end of this month. After that I don't see any reason that we > > can't bumb the configury to the latest autotools. > > i'm not a fan of diverging from the rest of the source projects. i want > the rest of gcc/binutils/gdb move to autoconf-2.71 & automake-1.16, but > i don't have the cycles to drive that. i'm also not sure what their > preference is when it comes to release timings. > autoconf-2.69: Apr 2012 > 2.70: Dec 2020 > 2.71: Jan 2021 > automake-1.15: Dec 2014 > 1.15.1: Jun 2017 > 1.16: Feb 2018 > 1.16.5: Oct 2021 > personally i think 2 years is enough for the dev population who actually > work on these projects, but who knows. > > gcc is currently on autoconf-2.69. it enforces this: > config/override.m4: > dnl Ensure exactly this Autoconf version is used > m4_ifndef([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], > [m4_define([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.69])]) > dnl Test for the exact version when AC_INIT is expanded. Right. We shouldn't switch to 2.71 before gcc/binutils/gdb did. I thought they already switched, sorry for not checking myself. Thanks, Corinna