From: Alexandre Oliva (oliva@dcc.unicamp.br)
Date: Wed Jan 13 1999 - 01:36:41 EST
On Jan 13, 1999, Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> The current state is that if you happen to have the needed tools installed
> and you simply update your tree, then attempting to compile by typing make
> might cause several files in your source tree to be changed, without your
> being aware of it.
If you have the recommended versions, they wouldn't be changed, since
at the end they'd be exactly the same. But I see your point.
> Basically, the question is: should we make kaffe development easier for
> people who really know what they're doing or should we make kaffe development
> easier for people who don't understand all the ramifications of automake.
Ok, your point is a very strong one, I don't have arguments against
that. It will be a minor inconvenience for us, developers, but a
potential major win for random potential developers. I'll throw away
the version checks and put AM_MAINTAINER_MODE in instead.
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Alexandre Oliva http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva aoliva@{acm.org}
oliva@{dcc.unicamp.br,gnu.org,egcs.cygnus.com,samba.org}
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil
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