[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] autotools: Deprecate the use of autotools

[Matt Turner]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 8:06 AM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 1:01 AM Matt Turner <mattst88 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > WTF would you have us do?
>
> Same thing as for any change with an impact this wide --
>
> 1. Identify stakeholders. In this case, probably the sub-project
> maintainers, major contributors, and a smattering of distro
> maintainers.
> 2. Make them happy, or at least get them, as a group, to agree that
> it's "good enough".

So we're trying to get better coverage than what you're suggesting.

> 3. Apply.
>
> This is the point at which you can make autotools less visible. We're
> not at that point yet.

Ilia, it's an extra flag. I think you'll survive.