Re: some issues in the latest Autoconf

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Paul,

* Paul Eggert wrote on Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 11:33:53PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > I'm wondering whether it's the goal to release as soon as the license
> > issues are resolved, how far that may be away, whether more experimental
> > features should be put on a git branch first.  Comments appreciated.
> 
> Can you please remind us what those license issues are?  A pointer to
> lists.gnu.org would suffice.

<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2007-08/msg00007.html>
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2007-09/msg00000.html>
Some message on gnu-prog discusses this, too, and mentions why it's
taking them longer than expected.

> I'm a fan of releasing soon.

Sure; I'd prefer a short calm-down period of intensified testing though.
;-)

> I don't see why license issues should get in the way.  We can release
> with GPLv3, no?

AFAICS the FSF would like us to have the exception language adjusted to
match GPLv3 first.

Cheers,
Ralf