libtool --- a system for managing the zillion hairy options needed
on various systems to produce shared libraries. Available in
- "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool". Version 1.5.26 (or
- later) is needed for correct AIX support.
+ "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool". Version 2.2 (or
+ later) is recommended (for correct AIX support, and correct
+ interaction with the Gnulib module for using libunistring).
gettext --- a system for rigging a program so that it can output its
messages in the local tongue. Guile presently only exports
- autoreconf from autoconf prior to 2.59 will run gettextize, which
will mess up the Guile tree.
+- libtool 1.5.26 does not know that it should remove the -R options
+ that the Gnulib libunistring and havelib modules generate (because
+ gcc doesn't actually support -R).
+
- (add here.)
- Write commit messages for functions written in C using the
functions' C names, and write entries for functions written in Scheme
-using the functions' Scheme names. For example,
+using the functions' Scheme names. For example,
* foo.c: Moved scm_procedure_documentation from eval.c.
- When you get bug reports or patches from people, be sure to list
them in THANKS.
+- Do not introduce trailing whitespace (and feel free to clean it up
+opportunistically, that is, if doing so is part of some other change).
+The goal is to reduce (and over time, eliminate) spurious diffs.
Naming conventions =================================================