Re: [QStat-devx] Current CVS how to build?

[Ludwig N. <l-...@us...>]

Steve Jankowski wrote:
> 
> --- Ludwig Nussel <l-...@us...> wrote:
> 
> > [there is a massive delay of several hours from this list whereas
> > the mails directly addressed to me arrived instantly]
> > 
> > Steve Jankowski wrote:
> > > Yeah, I thought the 10 line makefile was just fine.  But the autoconf
> > benefits
> > > you list are some what compelling.  They aren't enough for me, given the
> > head
> > > aches you've encountered; I've got zero patience for unreliable tools.
> > > 
> > > I suggest restoring the simple works-on-most-unixes makefile.  The fewer
> > > barriers to entry, the more successful QStat will be.  Autoconf will be
> > nice
> > > for the qstat developers (assuming all the developers can get it working),
> > but
> > > we shouldn't expose it to users.
> > 
> > Users of release tarballs don't see it. They just run the usual
> > ./configure && make install. The problems with older automake are
> > hopefully fixed now.
> 
> But we're not doing releases.  And we're not doing beta releases.  So use of
> the current CVS is now serving as a beta test.  But we can't get any beta
> feedback if people can't compile it.

Why not? 2.6 is from August, time for a 2.7 release.

cu
Ludwig

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