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Look in the forums, there are several posts on how to build from git.
It is usual and minimal to have README and INSTALL (or BUILD) file in a source tarball/repository. It is not the job of a forum to document something.
It would be very userfriendly if you could fix it. It would lower the wall to enter and contribute to your project.
My bug report is not only about "how to install" or something like tha. It is about improving the project - which is my main goal. So it doesn't look good not having such files - even for a FOSS-project conducted in freetime.
Last edit: buhtz 2017-04-28
I believe you mentioned you wanted to contribute in another post. Why not start here? Patches goes in Tickets > Patches.
Maybe you missunderstand me or we have totaly divergent opinions/views on FOSS projects.
You are the maintainer. You have all the informations for the README and BUILD file in your head. You just have to write them down.
I don't have that informations you have. I would have to invest a lot of time and nervs to find all that things out "just" to create a README and BUILD file.
So your workload would be much lesser. Just document your work! Undocumented work is useless and don't exists. And if you had documented it and write that simple things for README and BUILD down it would have prevent you from timeconsuming discussions like that.
Having a README and BUILD file is absolute minimum for a FOSS project and to let someone contribute to it. Your wall is damn high and you isolate your project from the community with your behaviour.
I want to contribute! But If I have to find out myself how to build your stuff...
In git, you must use autotools, quite common with many software projects. A helper script is provided.
You could of found that information using a search engine. 5 minutes top?
I am not the project owner and have the same access to the project as you do.
Informations about project members should appear in a README and/or AUTHORS file.
Informations about how to build should appear in a BUILD file.
Who is the maintainer? You have write access to the ticket system.
Why doesn't the maintainer or one of the official project members join this discussion.
Can't we just add this to the README file? (after "See the INSTALL file for instructions on compiling, installing, and configuring minidlna.")
"If you have obtained minidlna from git, please run './configure.sh' first to generate the INSTALL file."
@lonaowna - It's autogen.sh. Patches goes in Tickets > Patches.