Re: [nft PATCH] Makefile: Introduce Make_global.am

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On Thursday 2018-06-21 20:00, Phil Sutter wrote:

>On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 07:35:18PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> On Thursday 2018-06-21 17:05, Phil Sutter wrote:
>> >> >> >+# This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
>> >> >> >+# Extracted from Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool docs.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> I don't know if this chapter 6 reference blurb really helps;
>> >> >> most of the time it didn't. [iptables, ipset, the things that had the file
>> >> >> for a long time]
>> >> >
>> >> >Hmm, but I guess dropping it without replacement will make it even
>> >> >worse.
>> >> 
>> >> But would it? There is a lack of data to support that.
>> >
>> >OK, so what do you suggest then?
>> 
>> I think it should be left as-is — and perhaps even redact the paragraph from
>> well-aged code bases like iptables etc.
>
>You mean dropping it? Are there factual errors in it? To me it seems
>like valid documentation (although a bit unclear in certain parts).

iptables did fine with what it had for a long time.
(No Make_global.am, just the _vcurrent line in configure.ac and a note 
in COMMIT_NOTES.)
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