Re: lua help build, autotools update

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

Am 16.11.2014 um 18:20 schrieb Daniel J Sebald:
> On 11/15/2014 05:02 AM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
>
>> As an aside, I propose to upgrade the entire auto-tools configuration to
>> current versions (autoconf 2.69, automake 1.14).  Some of our automake
>> support scripts are almost a decade out of date...  This I will only
>> check in after some discussion.
>
> If it is a minor change.  My system is about three years old with a few
> minor upgrades and has autoconf 2.66, automake 1.11.1.  The only
> reluctance would be if any tools require the builder (common user, not
> bundle maintainer) to upgrade.

It would require people using the CVS source to have the autotools 
versions mentioned above, or newer.  Those are both at least a year old 
now, so it's not like I would be requiring bleeding-edge versions ;-)

>   Changelogs will be part of the "changeset", written by whomever
> creates the changeset (just follow the defined format).

Absolutely not.  ChangeLog has to be maintained anyway.

> It's much
> easier to browse through changes in git and hg, create changeset, etc.

For those working off work-in-progress sources, sure.  But what about 
people using an actual release version?

> * True hidden surface code.  (I've had in mind for a while to generalize
> the hidden line segment code to hidden triangle surfaces.)

That wouldn't be a generalization.  It'd be a complete re-implementation 
that has essentially no relation to the existing code.

> * Better integration with other programs using emerging trends (say SQL
> or something).

Wow, ROTFL.  That must be the first time in well over 20 years that 
anyone has called SQL, of all things, an "emerging trend".  ;-)