Re: What is minimum set of Automake work files needed for distribution on github?

2015-09-28 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, John Calcote wrote: Thus, the usual technique is to commit the Autotools source files required by your project, but to NOT commit a configure script. Anyone wanting to clone your repository is expected to be "developer enough" to know how to run "autoreconf -i" to create

What is minimum set of Automake work files needed for distribution on github?

2015-09-28 Thread Robert Parker
I need to meet the requirements of 2 sets of users, the ordinary user who is only interested `./configure; make; make install` and the power users who want to start with `autoreconf`. So far google search on the topic has only increased my confusion. -- The Bundys, Cliven, Ted and Al. Great

Re: What is minimum set of Automake work files needed for distribution on github?

2015-09-28 Thread Eric Blake
On 09/28/2015 04:20 AM, Robert Parker wrote: > I need to meet the requirements of 2 sets of users, the ordinary user who > is only interested `./configure; make; make install` and the power users > who want to start with `autoreconf`. > > So far google search on the topic has only increased my

Re: What is minimum set of Automake work files needed for distribution on github?

2015-09-28 Thread Robert Parker
Thanks, that does make sense. On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 09/28/2015 04:20 AM, Robert Parker wrote: > > I need to meet the requirements of 2 sets of users, the ordinary user > who > > is only interested `./configure; make; make install` and the

Re: What is minimum set of Automake work files needed for distribution on github?

2015-09-28 Thread John Calcote
Hi Robert, The Autotools were created to meet a specific need - that of the open source distribution model supported by many open source projects where, occasionally - or perhaps nightly, the project maintainers would release a source tarball containing a configure script and Makefile.in files.

Re: What is minimum set of Automake work files needed for distribution on github?

2015-09-28 Thread Peter Johansson
On 09/28/2015 08:20 PM, Robert Parker wrote: I need to meet the requirements of 2 sets of users, the ordinary user who is only interested `./configure; make; make install` and the power users who want to start with `autoreconf`. So far google search on the topic has only increased my