From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765123858407 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:44:46 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 765123858407 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gentoo.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gentoo.org ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 765123858407 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=140.211.166.183 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1704919488; cv=none; b=NK7Z1ovnEsGiQlaz7EhU/2i1NYlKmY7jPO5kAW37xsoNXO456/ZKrK9lZ63oCPA0niihnVFva80DYD3+ZgVLzUpKCAoB0QGk6ywnj1eLnmgtS3I577IaODlfBUtCAO2nc2QChgm1OIUrlKoAf9bIC1DHg+Ggo3aj14PXnNMypvw= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1704919488; c=relaxed/simple; bh=/5Kj67SyZevjthBkN9KLoUs2Yb7Fed0mwJ5Ujn8SwYY=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=bK4vkc5Ksh72gwQm7zzOdFM0atiH8K6tH5PAlDPONEniiOjtdXVY4Q/DN+CGeYPFlsBwTK13cdbAe8CZAj/pkZY/DRfRbeL9PZkqAk15EoYe7G4zZa8xQe1nmhDGGHIBsJmNtgdHgQoNbJJO+yuoyYUC+KGsj3tSgY9zeQnndO0= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org Received: by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 559) id D4BBF343218; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:44:45 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:44:44 -0500 From: Mike Frysinger To: 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: References: <20240109103953.1112223-1-neal.frager@amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2j7p+ncVBuZpYRmM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: --2j7p+ncVBuZpYRmM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10 Jan 2024 17:21, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > 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? > > >=20 > > > 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. > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > Right. We shouldn't switch to 2.71 before gcc/binutils/gdb did. > I thought they already switched, sorry for not checking myself. if gcc switches, then yeah, we def should switch newlib, and that part i could help with if no one else gets to it first. -mike --2j7p+ncVBuZpYRmM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEuQK1JxMl+JKsJRrUQWM7n+g39YEFAmWfAbwACgkQQWM7n+g3 9YF3TRAA3Lo3uZGG/GE1lfz/yzjO+b3YY/EP7picp+AZDalfYHgndvXkfDAPOUw6 3qnJZ/SESKZqCPHad01iUMChrtl2aEnS5GDzRCsZUGpGeCP1doQml5Em6QEqC0f9 sLABCgqHe/NcaCGtm8TNPBgug7keA+JOxFEYBRBDy+PnjkoAv3iIa9PCjNlJYRsi UKkBygPwcw669iVa+cOoPNdzPAbQuIBJyfyWpcOSZvkHzhX8zUWaqOPZI8KILhl7 Qbfr+/z8t20yUoGIgfjoI9Ja8PxTPMsKMMz8OWc+16qDzITUUomav2SOiCUbpqXf D89QnWgYmgLJzTix2Gu45EBm5dyBfh6LiJivy9DpnB0cBFm77/YWX9YXowbG2BqT W2a9qYvQKnq7GFzpBNAGgrWtV/WDb/WObHeuvfpwnPnEVVOZTHjvnbGGhKEPr+yl /EIKRXqb7ZIcvJ/L1ZbQKO4FNGWaZmpn8Abx3Wu8w+PycErG7GSo1xDK6Lfbc6H9 sIrbzdWUrQFPknxhAoLrxDWJF8g6HtkvCGe2U+OCnDhqPTU+HxZLpJJpw/oJuzsI /v2PfiFBW2ROroR332VAghIS0S1D5XTCYv4cRc8Dpz4Ug1Gh36mP8zy0tWQFpTiS 6aEtFUUo/3xSA/ci0wTh3MOW+SDS59bECh1n2jLyWBvaO/jgINA= =ega8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2j7p+ncVBuZpYRmM--