On 8 February 2018 at 16:57, Mathieu Lirzin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Christopher Diaz Riveros <[email protected]> writes: > > > Installation and building instructions point to INSTALL file, which is > > ignored in .gitignore. Given the fact that Installation and building > > process is already covered in README-dev, changing the instruction in > > README seems more reasonable than creating an INSTALL file and removing > > it from .gitignore. > > referencing INSTALL from README is part of GNU Coding Standards, so > INSTALL should simply be checked in. README-dev is for developpers not > “regular” users. Since GNU Hello is intended as an example package it > shouldn't deviate from GCS.
INSTALL is a generated file (it comes from gnulib). It should not therefore be checked into git unless there's a really good reason. Note that it *should* be (and is!) distributed, so that when a user unpacks a distribution tarball, it will be there, ready to refer to. I suggest that README should make it more obvious that one needs to consult README-dev if building from git. But that's really the only change needed here. -- https://rrt.sc3d.org
