>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Stanger <dan.stanger@ieee.org> writes:
Dan> 1) Is there a Code Freeze? If so, on which mailing list was it stated,
Dan> and when did the message go out, when does it start, and when
Dan> does it end?
Some digging in my mail archives shows that James Amundson sent a mail
on Oct 27 for rc2 asking developers not to make further commits.
Couldn't find anything more recent than that. Since rc3 still hasn't
gone out, I assume the freeze still holds.
Dan> 2) *.mk files? It seems that the maxima.system and the *.mk
Dan> files are needed to bootstrap and build the system, however
Dan> if you just touch the *.mk files, then you can bootstrap and
Dan> build without problem, then regenerate the *.mk files. Why
Dan> have them at all?
I agree. I think the top-level makefile should always just call the
appropriate lisp and run mk:oos to build them. There's no need for
make to know that. Then the *.mk files can go away completely (I
think).
Ray