From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932544AbWB1UBN (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:01:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932545AbWB1UBM (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:01:12 -0500 Received: from mail.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.156]:16122 "EHLO mail.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932544AbWB1UBL (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:01:11 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:01:08 +0100 From: David Weinehall To: Joerg Schilling Cc: twalberg@mindspring.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] portable Makefiles (was: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)) Message-ID: <20060228200108.GV20494@vasa.acc.umu.se> Mail-Followup-To: Joerg Schilling , twalberg@mindspring.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <43FDD944.nailFUE21NE9H@burner> <20060223160238.GA31520@mindspring.com> <43FDE983.nailFWR613JK4@burner> <20060223172346.GB31520@mindspring.com> <43FDF193.nailG0L117NIN@burner> <20060223175317.GD31520@mindspring.com> <43FEDB63.nailGCX2HX66G@burner> <20060225174410.GN20494@vasa.acc.umu.se> <20060228072431.GR20494@vasa.acc.umu.se> <44049ADE.nailC6L1ZUIFJ@burner> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44049ADE.nailC6L1ZUIFJ@burner> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Editor: Vi Improved X-Accept-Language: Swedish, English X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7ACE 0FB0 7A74 F994 9B36 E1D1 D14E 8526 DC47 CA16 X-GPG-Key: http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/files/pub_dc47ca16.gpg.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:47:58PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > David Weinehall wrote: > > > > Uhm, the version of GNU make in Debian (3.81beta4) was released > > > 12 December 2005; I wouldn't call that dead (or unmaintained). > > > > Oh, and as an update, 3.81rc1 was release on the 19th of February 2006. > > > > Yeah, very unmaintained and dead upstream... > > None of the bugs I did report has been fixed. Well, the bug you complain most about is about spewing of some warnings for something completely harmless. I know of another certain set of software that spews unnecessary and annoying warnings. Those haven't been removed for despite complaints for several years either. Does this mean that cdrecord is an unmaintained piece of software that's dead upstream? Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/