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From: ASSI <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.3.0-0.1.9814cfd8f693 (TEST)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 08:42:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0jdf4ml.fsf@Otto.invalid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a289b828-ec3b-0f38-720f-c7dbdd2e6770@t-online.de> ("Hans-Bernhard =?utf-8?Q?Br=C3=B6ker=22's?= message of "Sun, 19 Sep 2021 02:49:42 +0200")

Hans-Bernhard Bröker writes:
> It _is_ very surprising for tarballs, though.  Those are generally
> expected  to be buildable without having to run autoconf, automake, 
> gettext, etc.

To provide a different data point: I generally remove all obviously
generated files before even starting to look at the rest of the build if
I use a release tarball.

> I'm pretty sure the GNU coding standards have required
> it since day 1.  Automake generates tons of makefile real estate just
> for this.

I don't see that requirement in the current document:

https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html

There is a requirement that the sources for such files are provided
alongside the instruction on how to re-generate them.


Regards,
Achim.
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-19  6:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-17 20:33 Ken Brown via Cygwin-announce
2021-09-18 15:33 ` Achim Gratz
2021-09-18 19:03 ` Chris Roehrig
2021-09-18 20:17   ` Ken Brown
2021-09-18 20:01 ` Denis Excoffier
2021-09-18 20:20   ` Ken Brown
2021-09-18 21:30     ` Thomas Wolff
2021-09-18 22:32       ` Ken Brown
2021-09-19  0:49         ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
2021-09-19  6:42           ` ASSI [this message]
2021-09-19 12:27             ` Ken Brown
2021-09-19 13:32               ` Thomas Wolff
2021-09-19 14:42                 ` Ken Brown

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