On 07/03/2012 04:48 PM, Akim Demaille wrote: > Ciao Stefano! > > The concept of "contrib/" in Automake is not very clearly defined. > It is my understanding that we (package maintainers) must copy > the snippets by hand > Yep, from either the Automake git repository or an Automake tarball.
> (so these contribs are installed? > Nope. > Or are we expected to get a tar ball), > Yep. > and upgrade them by hand too? > Yep. The idea is that the features provided by 'contrib/' do not belong to the Automake "core" proper, and should better be moved out to third-party projects (e.g., an hypothetical Automake equivalent of the Autoconf macro archive). Until that point, they find a temporary shelter in 'contrib/' -- but being guest there, they shouldn't expect too much niceties, like installation ;-) Regards, Stefano
