Jim Meyering wrote: > Erik Auerswald wrote: ... >>> Good point. Thanks. I'm tempted to remove the build instructions from >>> README-prereq, and instead to include my autotools-install script under >>> script and referencing it. WDYT? >> >> I prefer written build instructions to a script. The script could be >> offered as a help on distributions lacking current enough autotools. > > In that case, I'm happy to retain those instructions. > I think Pádraig also liked them. > Would one of you like to update README-prereq?
However, if no one likes that part of README-prereq enough to update it, I'll be inclined to delete them, after all. Right now they're inconsistent, and maintaining them (along with the URLs in autotools-install) will be a maintenance burden.
