Status of libtool 2.2.X?

[Matthew Woehlke]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 20:45 -0600, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>> As a developer, maintainer and/or packager you normally want to see what
>>> the tools are doing, e.g. if the compiler has received the correct
>>> flags, is using the correct libraries etc.
>> Sure, but I care about that once in a great while.
> Very likely because your use-cases are trivial.

No. Rather, I don't change my build flags every build, and therefore 
don't need to verify them constantly. VERBOSE is only needed when the 
buildsystem is first created or when it is changed. (Besides that it is 
only needed in special circumstances or when you don't trust the build 
system.)

>> Of course, I like my percentage progress (a LOT, in big projects) also.
> I am well aware that some people prefer watching progress bars, instead
> of watching bugs ... the rationale for doing so has always escaped me.

That's... uncalled for. And unwarranted.

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