[darcs-users] darcs patch: Refactor version machinery in Setup.lhs. (and 3 more)

[Trent W. Buck]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 08:58:27AM +0000, Eric Kow wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 17:30:09 +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> > I'll fix things that are release-critical or critical, but I've no
> > interest in fixing minor bugs in the autoconf infrastructure.  I've
> > WONTFIXed some bugs in the BTS today for that reason.
> 
> That's fine and good.  But at present, there is actual autoconf
> breakage in these patches.  Would you have time to look into it
> at the moment?

Ah, I misunderstood.  I'll apply them, try to build with autoconf, and
see what happens.

> > > Without moving our infrastructure [...] there are no bots to verify
> > > that our build system works, et cetera. [...] Let's just switch to
> > > Cabal now, fix up the damage this does and then, if someone finds the
> > > time in the following 4 or 5 months, fixes up autoconf.
> > 
> > +1 to this approach.
> 
> I am less than enthused, but I don't see this is worth resisting.  I'd
> like you two to field any incoming complaints if we go this route.

Oh no, what have I done?!