Re: [Queue-developers] Re: some questions

[W. G. K. <wer...@ya...>]

Mike Castle wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:18:34PM +0300, QingLong wrote:
> >    My fault. I've been believing that everyone building queue-development
> >  would run aclocal, automake and autoconf beforehand. I've been only
> >  committing changes to Makefile.am, configure.in and acconfig.h,
> >  skipping all derived stuff.
>
> If this is the case, you should probably remove configure from the
> repository.

./configure stays in the repository. It makes my life (and, presumably,
everyone else that's using the CVS repository) much simpler.

I like to try to keep track of everything that actually goes into a finished
release. ./configure is part of that process (and most users don't run
autoconf), so there needs to be a history of it.

>
>
> Either don't put derived files in the repository, or make sure they stay up
> to date.

This is a good rule. It's a good idea to keep ./configure consistent so that
testers can pull a copy and get it to work easier. The easier it is for people
to test configurations, the more feedback there is, and the better the final
result. This is another reason why I like configure in there as well.

But, I don't want too much discussion of CVS repository rules on here.

I want to make sure developers here focus on what's important: 1. coding 2.
documenting changes.

It's very important that developers feel this is a supportive environment where
they can be creative.

Periodically (for legal as well as other reasons) I'll make sure the repository
is consistent.

>
> mrc
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